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Rebecca Coleen Retzlaff 《Urban Ecosystems》2008,11(1):45-63
In 1994 a collaboration of environmental interests formed in the Chicago region, U.S.A. Composed of representatives of environmental
organizations, government agencies, citizen and neighborhood groups, private interests, and university representatives, the
consortium provides a forum for communication, advocacy, policy, and sharing ideas and knowledge about biodiversity issues
and the various activities of each organization. The specific mission of the Chicago Wilderness Consortium is to protect,
restore, and manage natural lands, plants, and animals in the Chicago region. Shortly after forming the Chicago Wilderness
Consortium, the idea of creating a region-wide biodiversity recovery plan emerged, in order to provide a blueprint for how
the consortium would accomplish its mission. Within a few years, the group began work on the Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity
Recovery Plan, and it is now among the first regional biodiversity plans in the United States. While using collaborative planning
processes to solve environmental problems is not unique, the Biodiversity Recovery Plan and the process through which it was
created were innovative in the U.S. for having a broad and ambitious scope, extensive use of some kinds of data and analysis
(particularly on natural communities), the large number of participants in the planning process (over 200), and the dispersed
organizational structure in which the consortium operates. Another innovation was adoption of the plan by three regional planning
commissions in three different states. The Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity Recovery Plan was one of the first major departures
from traditional (single-medium based) environmental planning by a region in the United States. These innovations warrant
research and reflection, 8 years after completion of the plan, and are the focus of this article.
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