On the 19th April, Wilderness Foundation staff led a MARISCO workshop with Writtle College‘s Level 3 Animal Management students. The students were asked to put themselves in the shoes of farmers, house builders, local residents, environmental activists, fishermen and rambling groups in a multi-stakeholder threat analysis workshop based on the CMP Open Standards principles. Conflicts were identified and ethical issues were discussed. The students systematically recorded their progress as a network diagram covering one wall of the classroom.
Whether it is for a nature reserve, a zoo or a new housing estate, at some point you will be called upon to make sense of a complex multi-stakeholder situation. Learning how to take a ‘systems thinking’ approach to systematically listen to everyone and formulate strategies to overcome conflicts is an important workplace skill for the students to have.




If you would like to book a MARISCO workshop, please contact the Wilderness Foundation on 01245 443073