Arctic
SMARTIC Strategic
MAnagement
of Resources
in TImes of
Change
Rapid summer Arctic sea ice loss is
leading to new interests in both
preserving and developing Arctic
resources
Sea Ice Projections
End of Winter
~2010
Thickness
End of Summer
Thickness
~2040
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/future/sea_ice.html
Actual Resolution of Decades-Long Territorial Dispute Between
Norway and Russia (Area 4) using “Getting to Yes” Negotiation
Strategy and Marine Spatial Planning
Marine Spatial Planning
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http://maps.grida.no/region/geoarctic
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-304
http://portal.inter-map.com/
http://www.arcticdata.is/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Spatial_Planning
Negotiation Strategy: “Getting to Yes”
• Separate the people from the problem
– Think of the negotiation as a means to solving a problem and the
people on the other side as partners helping to find a solution.
• Focus on interests, not positions
– It's important to communicate your interests to the other party. Don't
assume they have the same interests as you or that they know what
your interests are. Don't assume you know what interests the other
party has.
• Invent options for mutual gain
– Don't judge the ideas people bring forward, just get them on the
board. Invent ways of making the other party's decisions easy.
• Insist on using objective criteria
– Objective criteria need to be independent of each side's will.
• … Invent a list of actions you might take if no agreement is reached
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_YES
SMARTIC
PHASE I
SMARTIC Game Play: Phase I
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The area to be managed in the Arctic marine region.
The goals and objectives are to prepare a multiuse management
plan.
As players in this game, you will first mark on the large map up to
3 areas of high priority interest or concern for your stakeholder
based on the maps and information provided to you
Once all areas of interest are marked on the map, you will
negotiate using the “Getting to Yes” strategy with the goal of
coming up with a multi-use management plan for the area, as well
as options for resolving conflicts among the stakeholders
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Each Stakeholder has several resource cards that they can use as
they see fit during the negotiation
Stakeholders can either choose to have the resource cards open,
available for all to see, or private, so only they are aware of which
type of assets they have, as well as how many they have left.
SMARTIC
PHASE II
SMARTIC Game Play: Phase II
• A crisis occurs (see options provided)
– Respond to crisis in the role of your stakeholder
– Negotiate new management strategies as needed
SMARTIC
DEBRIEF
SMARTIC Debrief
• How did players resolve strategies within the different groups?
– Did the strategies change from one region to another as the
environmental conditions changed, or due to involvement of
different stakeholders?
– How did the crisis influence the strategies?
• Was it better to keep your negotiation resources private?
– Or open for all to see?
• Which stakeholders are typically in alignment?
– Which stakeholders are typically in conflict?
• Which stakeholders stand to gain most?
– Which stakeholders stand to gain least?
• In this version of the game, you played the role of stakeholders.
In reality, national governments are making most of these
decisions.
– Which countries stand to gain most, based on the management
strategies you chose?
– Which countries stand to gain least?