Multi-Agency Perspectives on Managing Mangrove Wetlands and the Mosquitoes They Produce
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Knight, Jon M
Griffin, Lachlan
Beidler, John
Brockmeyer, Ron
Carlson, Doug
Cox, David
David, Jim
Encomio, Vincent
Gilmore, Grant
Haydt, Paul
Lewis, Robin
McNelly, James
O'Connell, Sheila M
Peery, Bruce
Rey, Jorge
Tucker, John
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A group of researchers, mosquito and coastal managers, and consultants joined together to explore issues of concern to coastal and mosquito management in mangrove forests. At a 1-day workshop in Florida, participants identified issues that are important for their roles. The issues were subsequently compiled into a matrix and the participants were asked to individually assess the importance and urgency of each. The most important issues for everyone included habitat responses to management, community attitude, public education, interaction between agencies, local connectivity, sea-level rise (SLR) loss of wetlands, and conservation. Most urgent were public education, conservation easements, local connectivity, SLR, loss of wetland, restoration, and conservation. There were differing viewpoints among the roles that appeared to be related to responsibility for and ability to influence on-ground outcomes. This is reflected in mosquito and coastal managers who viewed issues broadly and ascribed higher levels of importance and urgency to them than did researchers and consultants. We concluded that collaboration is a key issue. Barriers to collaboration include knowledge differences between agencies. Facilitators of collaboration include interaction, trust, and shared goals.
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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
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© 2014 American Mosquito Control Association. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
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