The Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Centre is a New Zealand based environmental research organisation specialising in sustainable management of land resources, optimising primary production, enhancing biodiversity, increasing the resource efficiency of businesses, and conserving and restoring the natural assets of communities. Landcare Research is also a proponent of triple bottom line reporting (economic, social and environmental performance) by companies and businesses in New Zealand.
Their social research focuses on improving the quality of environmental management decision making. Particular attention is paid to advancing the uptake of research information.
Their page on Collaborative Learning for Environmental Management provides links and resources on learning frameworks, support for collaborative approaches, indigenous knowledge and values, monitoring and evaluation, and social aspects of ecosystem restoration.
They also present a useful set of tools and concepts for participatory environmental management, which includes analysis and resources on action research, team evaluation guide, stakeholder analysis, social capital, and integrated systems for knowledge management.