Natural resource managers, environmental interest groups, and public agencies need identifiable, measurable indicators of sustainability based on meaningful fine-scale specifics that are appropriate for both fine and increasingly broader sociaVecological scales. The "Identify the Specifics" framework, field tested in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, uses collective local expert knowledge to integrate and prioritize social/ecological concerns that become the foundation for both local and increasingly broader-scale indicators of sustainable management. Results to date suggest that: (1) local experts have valuable knowledge to contribute; (2) identified local indicators, once reviewed, can contribute to both local-and broader-scale indicators; (3) fewer than 10 indicators may provide an adequate foundation for assessing the sustainability of local range and forest management practices; and (4) local and broader-scale experts commonly identify different indicators because they have different knowledge bases, priorities, and responsibilities. Differences in the indicators identified among experts representing different scales may be minimized if indicators at broader scales are developed with knowledge of specifics from finer scales. The Specifics approach is presently being used across British Columbia to help identify knowledge gaps and related research and extension priorities. Les diffkrences entre les indicateurs retenus par les experts reprksentant diffkrents niveaux peuvent &tre minimisCes si les indicateurs des kchelles gBnBrales sont ClaborCs en fonction des connaissances acquises des indicateurs spCcifiques locaux. L'approche spkcifique est presentement utiliske en Colombie-Britannique pour aider % identifier ce qui manque au niveau des connaissances, de la recherche qui y est relike et des prioritCs % suivre .
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