National Forum - Adaptive Governance & approaches to navigate wicked problems

Conflicting public perceptions, moving environmental targets, divergent or silo agendas, intergenerational issues. All these are part of complex environmental problems that need non-traditional, innovative approaches to tackle. We call these approaches adaptive governance. Join this national forum to:

• Progress the understanding and practice of adaptive governance as a means to address complex environmental problems (aka wicked problems).
• Share different perspectives and lessons learned on environmental decision-making approaches from around New Zealand, including those from mid-way through the MBIE programs Weaving the Korowai of Papatūānuku and Making SENZS.
• Build a network of researchers and practitioners active in current and future projects on environmental decision-making.
• Contribute to good practice guidelines for adaptive governance implementation.

Keynote presentations and a panel discussion will be followed by Scaling up and out - a workshop sharing tips and tools, challenges and opportunities, successes, and exploring what environmental decision-making practices New Zealand can ‘export’ internationally.