Collaborating and Coordinating Disparate Interests: Lessons from Water Trusts

Abstract

Chapter 6 provided a survey of the literature on public policymaking and introduced models of collaboration in water policy, administration, and usage. Noting the many weaknesses of a top-down approach to environmental problems, it introduced a number of models of collaboration, including that of collective hybrid partnerships. In essence, that chapter set the scene for consideration of the specific form of market-based collaboration in this chapter. ... In this chapter, we draw on the experience of water trusts in the United States and similar bodies in the field of land conservation in Australia to examine potential collaborative models for the tourism and recreation sector. The chapter begins with a brief outline of the American and Australian contexts. This is followed by an examination of the concept of market environmentalism, focusing on the operation of water trusts in the United States and land and environmental trusts in Australia.