Adaptive management of natural resources
Subtitle: theory, concepts, and management institutions
By: George H. Stankey, Roger N. Clark, Bernard T. Bormann.
Contributors: Clark, Roger N.; Bormann, Bernard T.; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: General technical report PNW -- GTR-654.; General technical report PNW -- 654.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Natural resources -- Northwest, Pacific -- Management.; Forest policy -- Northwest, Pacific.; Sustainable development -- Northwest, Pacific.; Environmental protection -- Northwest, Pacific.; Environmental policy -- Northwest, Pacific.
Description: This report reviews the extensive and growing literature on the concept and application of adaptive management. Adaptive management is a central element of the Northwest Forest Plan and there is a need for an informed understanding of the key theories, concepts, and frameworks upon which it is founded. Literature from a diverse range of fields including social learning, risk and uncertainty, and institutional analysis was reviewed, particularly as it related to application in an adaptive management context. The review identifies opportunities as well as barriers that adaptive management faces. It concludes by describing steps that must be taken to implement adaptive management.
Notes: "August 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-73).

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