Adaptive Management and Social Learning in Collaborative and Community-Based Monitoring: A Study of Five Community-Based Forestry Organizations in the western USA

dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBallard, Heidien_US
dc.contributor.authorSturtevant, Victoria E.en_US
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen_US
dc.coverage.regionNorth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:58:33Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:58:33Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-04en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-04en_US
dc.description.abstract"Collaborative and community-based monitoring are becoming more frequent, yet few studies have examined the process and outcomes of these monitoring approaches. We studied 18 collaborative or community-based ecological assessment or monitoring projects undertaken by five community-based forestry organizations (CBFs), to investigate the objectives, process, and outcomes of collaborative ecological monitoring by CBF organizations. We found that collaborative monitoring can lead to shared ecological understanding among diverse participants, build trust internally and credibility externally, foster social learning and community-building, and advance adaptive management. The CBFs experienced challenges in recruiting and sustaining community participation in monitoring, building needed technical capacity for monitoring, and communicating monitoring results back to the broader community. Our results suggest that involving diverse and sometimes adversarial interests at key points in the monitoring process can help resolve conflicts and advance social learning, while also strengthening the link between social and ecological systems by improving the information base for management and increasing collective awareness of the interdependence of human and natural forest communities."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJanuaryen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber2en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume13en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3213
dc.subjectadaptive systemsen_US
dc.subjectcollaborationen_US
dc.subjectmonitoring and sanctioningen_US
dc.subjectcommunity participationen_US
dc.subjectsocial-ecological systemsen_US
dc.subjectsocial behavioren_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.titleAdaptive Management and Social Learning in Collaborative and Community-Based Monitoring: A Study of Five Community-Based Forestry Organizations in the western USAen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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