Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Demerits
• Presentation is more important than the facts; uses
powerful statements and arguments
• Scientists cannot put their arguments to each other
but through lawyers who are not scientific experts
• Gives rise to win and lose situation (because of
competition between/among parties) which is not
always fair in environmental conflicts
• Costly and time-consuming
Conflicts and outcomes
Principles of successful outcomes of conflicts:
• The results are fair and consider the interests of
the parties
• The agreement is reached quickly, at low cost, is
acceptable and legally enforceable
• The decision-making process provides the basis
for future correspondence in case of conflicts of
similar nature