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Adaptive Environmental Management

A Practitioner's Guide

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Catherine Allan

    1. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia

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  2. George H. Stankey

    1. Retired, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, USA

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  • Handbook designed with the needs of on-ground practitioners and policy advisors in mind: Includes in-depth examples providing "how to" information
  • Broad coverage on different types of natural resources and case studies at a wide range of scales
  • The explicit effort to address different levels of institutional scale
  • Topicality and international relevance, multidisciplinary collaboration - international scope
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Understanding Adaptive Management

    1. Introduction

      • George Stankey, Catherine Allan
      Pages 3-9

    2. Components of Adaptive Management

      • Robert M. Argent
      Pages 11-36

  3. Varying Contexts

    1. Lessons Learned from Adaptive Management Practitioners in British Columbia, Canada

      • Alanya C. Smith
      Pages 39-57

    2. Using Adaptive Management to Meet Multiple Goals for Flows Along the Mitta Mitta River in South-Eastern Australia

      • Catherine Allan, Robyn J. Watts, Sarah Commens, Darren S. Ryder
      Pages 59-71

    3. Adaptive Management of a Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial in Australia's Barrier Ranges

      • Peter Ampt, Alex Baumber, Katrina Gepp
      Pages 73-94

    4. Learning About the Social Elements of Adaptive Management in the South Island Tussock Grasslands of New Zealand

      • Will Allen, Chris Jacobson
      Pages 95-116

    5. Kuka Kanyini, Australian Indigenous Adaptive Management

      • George Wilson, Margaret Woodrow
      Pages 117-141

    6. Crisis as a Positive Role in Implementing Adaptive Management After the Biscuit Fire, Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

      • Bernard T. Bormann, George H. Stankey
      Pages 143-170

  5. The Importance of People

    1. Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows — 10 Years On

      • Tony Ladson
      Pages 261-273

    2. Collaborative Learning as Part of Adaptive Management of Forests Affected by Deer

      • Chris Jacobson, Will Allen, Clare Veltman, Dave Ramsey, David M. Forsyth, Simon Nicol et al.
      Pages 275-294

    3. Effective Leadership for Adaptive Management

      • Lisen Schultz, Ioan Fazey
      Pages 295-303

    4. Institutionalising Adaptive Management: Creating a Culture of Learning in New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service

      • Peter Stathis, Chris Jacobson
      Pages 305-321

    5. Adaptive People for Adaptive Management

      • Ioan Fazey, Lisen Schultz
      Pages 323-338

  6. Conclusion

    1. Synthesis of Lessons

      • Catherine Allan, George Stankey
      Pages 341-346
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia

    Catherine Allan

  • Retired, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, USA

    George H. Stankey

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