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Adaptive Environmental Management A Practitioner's Guide

:	Catherine Allan, George H. Stankey
:	Catherine Allan, George Henry Stankey
:	Adaptive Environmental Management A Practitioner's Guide
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9781402096327
:	1
:	CHF 104.90
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:	Ökologie
:	English

:	351
:	DRM
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Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of 'integrated natural resource management'. Conceptually, adaptive management is simply learning from past management actions to improve future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice.

With a view to facilitating better practice, this new book presents lessons learned from case studies, to provide managers with ready access to relevant information. Cases are drawn from a number of disciplinary fields, including management of protected areas, watersheds and farms, rivers, forests, biodiversity and pests. Examples from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe are presented at a variety of scales, from individual farms, through regional projects, to state-wide planning.

While the book is designed primarily for practitioners and policy advisors in the fields of environmental and natural resource management, it will also provide a valuable reference for students and researchers with interests in environmental, natural resource and conservation management.

	Acknowledgements	5
	Contents	6
	Contributors	9
	Part I Understanding Adaptive Management	15
	Chapter 1 Introduction	16
	Introduction	16
	How This Book Is Presented	19
	References	20
	Chapter 2 Components of Adaptive Management	23
	Introduction	23
	Cycling Through Adaptive Management	25
	Passive/Active Adaptive Management	45
	Adaptive Management, Resilience, Hierarchy Theory and Thresholds	47
	Part II Varying Contexts	49
	Chapter 3 Lessons Learned from Adaptive Management Practitioners in British Columbia, Canada	50
	Introduction	50
	Case Study 1: Coast Forest Strategy	51
	Case Study 2: The Forest and Range Evaluation Program	55
	Case Study 3: Pine–Lichen Woodlands and Northern Caribou Adaptive Management Project	57
	Case Study 4: Ospika Mountain Goat Project	59
	Discussion	62
	References	65
	Adaptive Management and the Precautionary Principle	67
	Chapter 4 Using Adaptive Management to Meet Multiple Goals for Flows Along the Mitta Mitta River in South-Eastern Australia	69
	Background	70
	Case Study	70
	Conclusion	77
	References	78
	Chapter 5 Adaptive Management of a Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial in Australia’s Barrier Ranges	82
	Introduction	82
	The Origins of the Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial	85
	Problem Analysis – Is It Fertile Ground for Adaptive Management?	86
	Reasons for Taking an Adaptive Management Approach	92
	The Adaptive Management Trial of Group Licencing Under the NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan (KMP)	99
	Evaluating the Project	102
	References	103
	Chapter 6 Learning About the Social Elements of Adaptive Management in the South Island Tussock Grasslands of New Zealand	104
	Introduction	104
	Case Study Context	105
	Integrated Systems for Knowledge Management (ISKM)	109
	Broader Lessons on Sharing Information and Tracking Progress	115
	Looking for Measures of Success	117
	Concluding Comments	119
	References	121
	Participation	124
	References	125
	Chapter 7 Kuka Kanyini, Australian Indigenous Adaptive Management	126
	Remote Indigenous Communities	126
	Why Are Indigenous Land and Wildlife Management Plans Important?	128
	An Adaptive Approach to Indigenous Land and WildLife Management	129
	Role of Traditional Knowledge and Culture	130
	A Regional Wildlife Adaptive Management Plan for Indigenous Communities	133
	Status of the Case Studies (Where Do Things Stand)	145
	Conclusion	148
	References	149
	Chapter 8 Crisis as a Positive Role in Implementing Adaptive Management After the Biscuit Fire, Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.	151
	Introduction	151
	Role of Disturbance in the Plan	155
	The Biscuit Fire as a Case Study	156
	Societal and Organizational Responses to the Fire	157
	A Regional Framework for Adaptive Management	164
	Conclusions	169
	References	174
	Loop Learning in Adaptive Management	176
	References	177
	Part III Tools for Adaptive Management	178
	Chapter 9 Modelling and Adaptive Environmental Management	179
	Introduction	179
	Modelling in the Adaptive Management Process	181
	A Rigorous Approach to Modelling Practice	182
	A Rigorous Approach to Modelling Practice	182
	Participatory Processes and Adaptive Management	183
	Selecting the Appropriate Modelling Approach	183
	Sensitivity Assessment	186
	Information and Decision Support Systems	187
	An Illustrative Problem in Catchment Management	188
	Vegetation Management in a Conservation Reserve	189
	Barriers to Modelling for Adaptive Management	191
	Conclusions	192
	References	192
	Chapter 10 Lessons Learned from a Computer-Assisted Participatory Planning and Management Process in the Peak District National Park, England	194
	Context and Problem Description	195
	The Approach	196
	Reflections	202
	References	205
	Chapter 11 Signposts for Australian Agriculture	208
	Introduc