Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Collaborative Conflict Management

The aim of the Collaborative Conflict Management Module is to assist conflict-management professionals, forest officers and other stakeholders in managing forest-related conflicts through collaborative approaches. It explains how to move beyond adversarial forest politics, resolve disputes and build positive relationships among forest stakeholders for the smooth planning and successful implementation of SFM.

The module also provides links to key tools and case studies of effective conflict management.

Booth Sweeney, L. & Meadows, D. 1996. The systems thinking playbook: Exercises to stretch and build learning and systems thinking capabilities. Ventura, California, USA, The Turning Point Foundation.

Carpenter, S.L. & Kennedy, W.J.D. 2001. Managing public disputes – A practical guide for government, business, and citizens’ groups. New York, Jossey-Bass.

CDR Associates.1998. Environmental conflict management – An environmental policy instrument in developing countries. Eschborn, Germany, GTZ.

Fisher, R., Ury, W. & Patton, B. 1991. Getting to yes: negotiating an agreement without giving in. Second edition. London, Random House.

Fisher, S., Abdi, D.I., Ludin, J., Smith, R., Williams, S. & Williams, S. 2000. Working with conflict: skills and strategies for action. Responding to conflict. London, Zed Books.

Galtung, J. 1975. Strukturelle Gewalt. Beiträge zur Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.

Glasl, F. 1999. Confronting conflict. Gloucester, UK, Hawthorne Press.

Glasl, F. 1997. Konfliktmanagement. Bern, Switzerland, Paul Haupt Verlag.

Grzybowski, A. & Morris, C. 1998. Canadian negotiation, mediation and communication training materials. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Institute for Dispute Research, University of Victoria and Pacific Resolutions.

Kolb, D.A. 1984. Experiential learning. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, Prentice Hall.

Krüger, W. 1973. Konfliktsteuerung als Führungsaufgabe. Munich, Germany, Verlag Fisher.

Moore, C.W. 2003. The mediation process – practical strategies for resolving conflict. San Francisco, California, USA, Jossey Bass Wiley.

Prins, C. 2003. Procesos de innovación rural en América Central: reflexiones y aprendizajes. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

RECOFTC. 2002a. The art of building facilitation capacities, by L. Braakmann and K. Edwards. Bangkok.

RECOFTC. 2002b. The art of building training capacities, by L. Braakmann. Bangkok.

Schulz von Thun, F. (no date). Miteinander reden 1 – Störungen und Klärungen. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.

Schulz von Thun, F., Ruppel, J. & Stratmann, R. 2004. Miteinander reden – Kommunikations­psychologie für Führungskräfte. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.

UNFF. 2007. Highlights from enabling sustainable forest management: strategies for equitable development, for forests, for people. UNFF, New York.

Ury, W.L., Brett, J.M. & Goldberg, S.G. 1988. Getting disputes resolved. San Francisco, California, USA, Jossey-Bass Inc.

Susskind, L., McKearnan, S. & Thomas-Larmer, J. 1999. The consensus building handbook: A comprehensive guide to reaching agreement. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publications.

Wollenberg, E., Anderson, J., & López, C. 2005. Though all things differ: pluralism as a basis for cooperation in forests. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 112 p.