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Of all the dynamic processes in the human-forest ecosystem that determine long-term sustainability, learning and learning-based planning and decision making (adapting) are among the most important. In the framework of human-forest ecosystem sustainability (chap. 1), adaptive management is a social ecosystem process to be considered equally with ecological processes such as energy capture and flow, nutrient and water cycling, and diversity- and structure-based resilience to disturbance.
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Bormann, B.T., Williams, B.K., Minkova, T. (2017). Learning to Learn: The Best Available Science of Adaptive Management. In: Olson, D.H., Van Horne, B. (eds) People, Forests, and Change. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-768-1_8
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