Barry Dalal-Clayton is director for strategies, planning and assessment at the International Institute for Environment and Development. David Dent is salinity program leader at the Bureau of Rural Sciences in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia. Olivia Dubois is a forestry officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

• Introduction * Lessons from Experience * Conventional, Technical Planning Approaches * Approaches to Participation in Planning * A Basis for Collaborating * The Way Forward * References * Index

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