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Adaptive management for a turbulent future.

Craig R Allen1, Joseph J Fontaine, Kevin L Pope

  • 1Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA. allencr@unl.edu

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Adaptive management offers a structured approach to natural resource management, emphasizing continuous learning to address complex global challenges. Despite its maturity, its application requires careful consideration due to varied interpretations and specific problem suitability.

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Published on: July 24, 2016

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Ecology

Background:

  • Humanity faces unprecedented global challenges due to increased scale of human influence.
  • Traditional management approaches are insufficient for complex, aggregated problems.
  • Adaptive management (AM) is an iterative approach to natural resource management under uncertainty.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the principles and application of adaptive management.
  • To address the misapplication and misunderstanding of adaptive management.
  • To position adaptive management within the context of complex social-ecological systems.

Main Methods:

  • Review of adaptive management principles and practices.
  • Analysis of structured decision-making and uncertainty reduction techniques.
  • Examination of the conceptual underpinnings of adaptive management.

Main Results:

  • Adaptive management has matured but faces a crossroads due to varied interpretations.
  • Confusion arises from the flexibility of adaptive management, leading to a continuum of complexity.
  • Adaptive management is not a universal solution but is appropriate for problems with high uncertainty and controllability.

Conclusions:

  • Adaptive management requires careful elucidation of goals, objectives, and hypotheses.
  • It necessitates structured data collection, evaluation, and reiteration.
  • Incorporating learning into management is crucial given inherent uncertainty in social-ecological systems.