The Central Highlands Regional Resource Use Planning Project was an experiment studying regional planning process as well as a real-world planning exercise aimed at establishing a negotiated and integrated approach to

Abstract: The emerging focus on ecologically sustainable development (ESD) has caused a paradigm shift in the theory underpinning natural resource management. Increasingly, this shift is reflected in policy.

This review explores some of the more innovative techniques and procedures that can be used to improve regional resource use planning outcomes in rangelands.