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among various parties and to build agreements based on mutual
interests. The other aspect of the program was SFWMD's iterative
testing process (ITP), a progressive approach to resource
management emphasizing incremental testing and evaluation of the
effects of environmental regulation and active integration of
ecological forces into the regulatory decision making process
(Light et al., 1989). Alternative Dispute Resolution To break
the gridlock that had precluded a mutually acceptable solution,
SFWMD developed an approach involving negotiation and consensus
building among groups having historic