| Abstrakt: |
Instruments used in participatory resource management and those developed for transforming conflictual relationships among stakeholders, actors, and the wider public are quite similar. The first part of this chapter introduces the concept of conflict transformation, in particular in the context of environmentally induced conflicts. The interactive problem-solving workshop is a well-developed method for resolving protracted international and civil conflicts. This method combines three essential elements of conflict transformation: it is based on empirical research; it is genuinely participatory; and it is action-oriented. The second part examines the case of Woito River Valley resource management (Southern Ethiopia). The case illustrates the potential of process-oriented and interactive problem-solving approaches for resolving resource-related conflicts. These seem to be suitable approaches to achieving the goals of overcoming positioning, exclusion, or marginalisation of actors and creating options for win-win solutions concerning water management and land use systems. Professionals can facilitate the process. The chapter concludes that conflict handling of this kind has to be participatory, all-inclusive, stakeholder-oriented, and transformational, taking the needs, interests, and fears of all actors seriously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
