Promising Links Between Research and Practice

G. B. Walker and Daniels (2004) and Senecah (2004) noted that environmental conflicts are necessarily multidimensional, with numer­ous interconnections between multiple par­ties and across multiple jurisdictions. Both researchers and practitioners have heeded the call for attention to environmental conflict. We highlight here three especially promising research directions that seem likely to enhance our understanding of how environmental conflicts are delineated, who has a stake in that process, and how conflict interveners can improve the situation.