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  • Conservation Biology
  • Environmental Management

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  • Setting management thresholds is crucial for addressing ecosystem changes.
  • Existing methods may not adequately integrate competing objectives or stakeholder values.
  • Participatory approaches can enhance the applicability of scientific understanding in management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test a participatory modeling approach for setting management thresholds.
  • To integrate scientific knowledge with stakeholder values for conservation decision-making.
  • To establish proactive management strategies for ecosystem protection.

Main Methods:

  • A case study involving the brown alga *Hormosira banksii* in a protected area.
  • Workshop participation with management staff and scientists.
  • Scenario planning to represent ecological changes and threat impacts.
  • Weighted additive modeling to aggregate consequence estimates and express uncertainty.

Main Results:

  • Management thresholds were successfully set for *Hormosira banksii* considering ecological, social, and economic objectives.
  • The approach facilitated trade-offs between environmental condition and cost-effectiveness of interventions.
  • Model outputs clearly visualized uncertainty, aiding decision-making for threshold setting.

Conclusions:

  • The participatory modeling approach effectively supports proactive conservation by defining thresholds and actions *a priori*.
  • This method is suitable for situations with multiple competing objectives and limited participant modeling experience.
  • It fosters a more integrated and responsive approach to environmental management and conservation.