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Challenges in Adaptive Management of Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems

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dc.contributor.author Walters, Carl J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:53:15Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:53:15Z
dc.date.issued 1997 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-31 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-31 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2740
dc.description.abstract "Many case studies in adaptive-management planning for riparian ecosystems have failed to produce useful models for policy comparison or good experimental management plans for resolving key uncertainties. Modeling efforts have been plagued by difficulties in representation of cross-scale effects (from rapid hydrologic change to long-term ecological response), lack of data on key processes that are difficult to study, and confounding of factor effects in validation data. Experimental policies have been seen as too costly or risky, particularly in relation to monitoring costs and risk to sensitive species. Research and management stakeholders have shown deplorable self-interest, seeing adaptive-policy development as a threat to existing research programs and management regimes, rather than as an opportunity for improvement. Proposals for experimental management regimes have exposed and highlighted some really fundamental conflicts in ecological values, particularly in cases in which endangered species have prospered under historical management and would be threatened by ecosystem restoration efforts. There is much potential for adaptive management in the future, if we can find ways around these barriers." en_US
dc.subject adaptive systems en_US
dc.subject coastal resources en_US
dc.subject ecosystems en_US
dc.subject fisheries en_US
dc.subject modeling en_US
dc.subject riparian rights en_US
dc.subject simulations en_US
dc.title Challenges in Adaptive Management of Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.subject.sector Fisheries en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 1 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth December en_US


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