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The ‘Knowledge Exchange Train’: a model for capacity building for participatory governance in the south-western Amazon
Authors:Elsa Mendoza  Stephen Perz    
Affiliation:1. Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amaz?nia , Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil E-mail: elsa_mendoza@uol.com.br;2. Department of Sociology, 3219 Turlington Hall , University of Florida , PO Box 117330, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7330, USA E-mail: sperz@soc.ufl.edu;3. Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios , Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru;4. Woods Hole Research Center , 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA, 02540-1644, USA E-mail: fbrown@uol.com.br;5. Universidad Amazónica de Pando Cobija , Pando, Bolivia. E-mail: sauljacob@yahoo.com;6. Herencia, Cobija, Pando, Bolivia;7. CIFOR, EMBRAPA Amaz?nia Oriental , Belém, Pará, Brasil E-mail: c.ehringhaus@cgiar.org;8. Prefectura de Pando, Cobija, Pando, Bolivia E-mail: julioc@hotmail.com;9. SENASA , Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru E-mail: iram1958@hotmail.com;10. Utrecht University , PO Box 80125, 3508, TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands E-mail: c.vanOosten@geo.uu.nl
Abstract:National frontiers with ecosystems experiencing rapid changes pose difficult challenges for scientific contributions to democratic processes for environmental governance. We describe an innovative outreach model, the ‘Knowledge Exchange Train’, which combines educational outreach with capacity-building mechanisms to broaden public participation in planning for sustainable development. This involved an international team of scientists and practitioners from conservation and development organisations who travelled across a tri-national frontier area of the south-western Amazon to share recent findings with local leaders and stakeholder constituencies of several municipalities. The Knowledge Exchange Train quickly increased public awareness in many places and provided a means of broadening participation in planning and governance. This model supports planning for sustainable development and can be adapted to other geographic contexts and topics.
Keywords:Environment  Governance and Public Policy  Civil Society  Methods  Latin America and the Caribbean
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