Appraising Adaptive Management

Lee, Kai

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“…In resilience literature, scholars use the term governance to describe the laws, policies, regulation, institutions, and institutional structure involved in governing (Folke et al 2005, Huitema et al 2009). Much of the literature calls on adaptive management/governance to achieve resilience (Lee 1999, Folke et al 2005, Huitema et al 2009). The term "adaptive management" has been used to describe a process of learning through monitoring ecosystem response to a particular action, followed by incremental change in the action based on what is learned (Lee 1999, Folke et al 2005, Huitema et al 2009) and generally applies to management action by a single entity.…”

Section: Resilience Theory and Ecosystem Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the high degree of uncertainty and complexity in ecological systems, adaptive management, a process that involves incremental changes and adjustments to management as the consequences of various feedbacks become clear through monitoring, has emerged as a recommended approach to manage for ecological resilience (Holling 1978, Lee 1999, Folke et al 2005, Walker et al 2004, Huitema et al 2009). Barriers to achieving adaptive management include the fact that science alone is insufficient to convince social systems to accept a particular decision.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Legitimacy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Ecosystem Management

Cosens¹

2013

E&S

102

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Ecologists have made great strides in developing criteria for describing the resilience of an ecological system. In addition, expansion of that effort to social-ecological systems has begun the process of identifying changes to the social system necessary to foster resilience in an ecological system such as the use of adaptive management and integrated ecosystem management. However, these changes to governance needed to foster ecosystem resilience will not be adopted by democratic societies without careful attention to their effect on the social system itself. Delegation of increased flexibility for adaptive management to resource management agencies must include careful attention to assuring that increased flexibility is exercised in a manner that is legitimate and responsive to the social system. Similarly, democratic systems proceed in incremental steps and are not likely to adopt wholesale changes to achieve integrated ecosystem management. This paper uses the concept of legitimacy in governance as a necessary component of any change to achieve greater social-ecological resilience and will turn to network theory as a means to facilitate legitimacy across multiple jurisdictions

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Section: Resilience Theory and Ecosystem Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Legitimacy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Ecosystem Management

Cosens¹

2013

E&S

102

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“…As Lee pointed out 'Adaptive management is learning while doing. Adaptive management does not postpone action until 'enough' is known but acknowledges that time and resources are too short to defer some action, particularly actions to address urgent problems such as human poverty and declines in the abundance of valued biota' (Lee 1999). Simulation modelling can be a useful way to explore the potential impacts of such actions and to assist with the explorations of future scenarios in complex systems.…”

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Unlocking complexity: The importance of idealisation in simulation modelling

Haggith¹,

Prabhu²

2003

Small-scale Forestry

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Idealisation is the process of finding simple representations of the real-world whilst conceptualising a model. There are three ways to limit complication in a model of a complex real-world: by focussing the scope of the modelling process onto a clearly defined issue; by idealising elements of the real-world during model conceptualisation; and by simplifying the implemented simulation program. Careful idealisation has the greatest potential for increasing model tractability whilst generating insights during the model design process. The Forest Land Oriented Resource Envisioning System (FLORES) project deals with social forest landscapes which are highly complex. Benefits of idealisation are demonstrated using six examples from this modelling work. These examples encompass issues dealing with land tenure, forest management, economic values, social diversity, communication and collaboration. Each example illustrates a different method to achieve an idealisation which yields insights relevant for policy players. A number of lessons about idealisation are also identified: (1) sometimes it is only possible to recognise what is key by omitting it; (2) an effective idealisation is not just achieved by leaving things out, or adding them back in; it can also be achieved by restructuring the representation; (3) it is important challenge the use of different units where consistency is possible; (4) it is easier to keep a simple model simple, than to make simple modifications to a large model. Similarly, it is easier to generate insights with a simple concept for a submodel than with a simple modification to an existing model; and (5) even the most useful idealisations may have a limited shelf-life.

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“…“Stakeholder” refers to everyone involved or interested in a particular site, problem, or potential risk (or benefit), including governmental agencies (local, state, federal), regulators, scientists, companies, health professionals, social scientists, citizen’s groups, and the public, among others (Burger, 2011). Risk assessors, managers and public policy officials recognize the importance of including this full range of stakeholders in dealing with environmental problems in a manner that is informative, iterative, and interactive, and that solutions are sometimes dynamic, include feedback loops, and often involve ongoing management, now termed “adaptive management”(Walters and Hilborn,1978; Lee 1999). Adaptive management recognizes that there are few final solutions, and that adjustments must be made iteratively as new information and data appear.…”

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Stakeholder Participation in Research Design and Decisions: Scientists, Fishers, and Mercury in Saltwater Fish

Burger

Gochfeld

Fote³

2013

EcoHealth

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Individuals who fish and eat self-caught fish make decisions about where to fish, the type to eat, and the quantity to eat. Federal and state agencies often issue consumption advisories for some fish with high mercury (Hg) concentrations, but seldom provide either the actual metal levels to the general public, or identify the fish that have low contaminant levels. Community participatory research is of growing importance in defining, studying, and resolving complex exposure and risk issues, and this paper is at the intersection of traditional stakeholder approaches and community-based participatory research. The objective of this paper is to describe the process whereby stakeholders (fishers), were involved in directing and refining research questions to address their particular informational needs about mercury levels in fish, potential risks, and methods to maintain health, by balancing the risks and benefits of fish consumption. A range of stakeholders, mainly individual fishers, fishing organizations, and other scientists, were involved at nearly every stage. Community participants influenced many aspects of the design and implementation of the research, in the determination of which fish species to sample, in the collection of the samples, and in the final analyses and synthesis, as well as the communication of results and implications of the research through their fishing club publications, talks and gatherings. By involving the most interested and affected communities, the data and conclusions are relevant to their needs because the fish examined were those they ate and wanted information about, and directly address concerns about the risk from consuming self-caught fish. Although mercury levels in fish presumed to be high in mercury are known, little information was available to the fishermen on mercury levels in fish that were low and thus provided little risk to their families. While community participatory research is more time-consuming and expensive than traditional scientific research, both the process and results are better scientifically I in terms of community relevance.

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Appraising Adaptive Management

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Cited by 63 publications

References 10 publications

Legitimacy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Ecosystem Management

Legitimacy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Ecosystem Management

Unlocking complexity: The importance of idealisation in simulation modelling

Stakeholder Participation in Research Design and Decisions: Scientists, Fishers, and Mercury in Saltwater Fish

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