Community engagement and the importance of partnerships within the Great Lakes Areas of Concern program: A mixed-methods case study.

ABSTRACT: The Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) program was created through amendments to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) in 1987 to restore contaminated sites using an ecosystem-based approach. This program represents one of the first instances of ecosystem-based management (EBM) in the Great Lakes region with a specific focus on the inclusion of the public and local stakeholders in the process. Despite official language incorporating EBM in the AOC program, implementation of these practices has not been consistent across AOCs given differences in local arrangements of Public Advisory Councils (PACs), approaches to community engagement, and environmental problems. To better understand community engagement in these complex AOCs, this research investigated community, PAC, and state a

SUBMITTER: Rentschler A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature