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Society is now confronted with information conflicts on environmental issues, of a complexity unimaginable in the past. Information conflicts are the main “log-in-the road” for finding solutions for environmental conflicts.
The “Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)” changed the focus for resolving environmental conflicts between competing 'conservation' and 'development' interests to sustainable development: From "Jobs OR the Environment”
to " Jobs AND the Environment”.
Articles posted on this web-site adopt Alternative Dispute Resolution processes for finding sustainable solutions for environmental conflicts where divergent scientific opinion and scientific uncertainty exists.
Finding feasible sustainable solutions that can be implemented requires the meaningful involvement of all competing interests in a problem-solving process.
Ted's inter-disciplinary approach is endorsed in independent reviews of his book:"Finding Solutions for Environmental Conflicts: Power and Negotiation (2008).
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