Monitoring for Adaptive Management or Modernity: Lessons from recent initiatives for holistic environmental management

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry A. Waylen ◽  
Kirsty L. Blackstock
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Adaptive Management

scholarly journals Adaptive Environmental Management: A Practitioner’s Guide

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Mike Calver
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Real World Application ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Adaptive Environmental Management ◽  
Future Practice

AS Stankey and Allan explain in their concise but informative introduction, “Adaptive management is characterized by both a compelling and intuitive simplicity (we learn by doing) as well as a growing sophisticated and elegant theoretical discourse.” It offers the promise of using policy implementation to improve understanding of natural systems and thereby to direct future changes to policy and practice. The challenge for managers is to identify the operational practicalities that lie between the attractive concept and the theory. The aim of this book is to examine that challenge through case studies of the real-world application of adaptive management in a range of settings, including examples relevant to managers, policy makers and environmental scientists. The approach is not prescriptive, but rather to reflect on experience as a guide to future practice.

scholarly journals Murky waters: adaptive management, uncertainty and seabed mining in the Exclusive Economic Zone

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Iorns ◽  
Thomas Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Exclusive Economic Zone ◽  
Precautionary Approach ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Seabed Mining ◽  
Protection Authority

In 2012 the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Affairs) Act (EEZ Act) established a discretionary consenting regime for resource activities and development in New Zealand waters beyond the territorial sea - the exclusive economic zone. The act sought to strike a balance between economic development and environmental protection by obliging the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to consider adaptive management when deciding whether to grant consent to applications with uncertain effects. Adaptive management was seen as a way to temper a precautionary approach to environmental management and to allow for flexible decision making (Adams, 2012); it was initially welcomed by industry submitters, who have since reversed their views.

Resource and Environmental Management

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Small Set

Change. Complexity. Uncertainty, Conflict, Ambiguity. Intractability. Wicked problems. Ethics, Integrity. All these terms capture much of what resource and environmental managers must address in determining the most appropriate course of action relative to social-ecological systems. Often, no obviously correct strategy or response is identifiable. Instead, options exist, each with strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately a decision must be taken, reflecting scientific and experiential understanding as well as values and priorities of societies and stakeholders. The intent in this book is to raise awareness about the need to recognize such attributes of resource and environmental management, and to provide concepts, approaches, and methods to help in developing solutions. At the outset, the importance of developing a vision is highlighted. In defining the scope of problems and opportunities, it is argued that a holistic or ecosystem approach should be interpreted as an integrated rather than a comprehensive approach, with the focus on a small set of variables and relationships having significant impact on the functioning of an ecosystem, and amenable to being managed. An adaptive management approach is also strongly encouraged, to learn from experience. Part of learning will arise through stakeholder engagement. Disputes may emerge, and need to be resolved. Finally, implementation of policies and plans can encounter many obstacles, emphasizing the need to become aware of and overcome them, and then monitor and assess outputs and outcomes, in order to adapt to changing circumstances.

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