The Adaptive Decision-Making Process as a Tool for Integrated Natural Resource Management: Focus, Attitudes, and Approach

Lal, Padma; Lim-Applegate, Hazel; Scoccimarro, M.

doi:10.5751/es-00306-050211

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“…Social or institutional barriers often involve stakeholder groups that resist experimentation when they perceive risks to their interests. Growing awareness of the importance of stakeholder involvement has lead to various outgrowths of adaptive management, which emphasize participatory research and decision processes (Bormann et al, 1999;Shindler and Cheek, 1999;Lal et al, 2001;Walker et al, 2002).…”

Section: Addressing Uncertaintymentioning

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Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: current knowledge and key questions

Bisson

Rieman

Luce

et al. 2003

Forest Ecology and Management

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Understanding of the effects of wildland fire and fire management on aquatic and riparian ecosystems is an evolving field, with many questions still to be resolved. Limitations of current knowledge, and the certainty that fire management will continue, underscore the need to summarize available information. Integrating fire and fuels management with aquatic ecosystem conservation begins with recognizing that terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are linked and dynamic, and that fire can play a critical role in maintaining aquatic ecological diversity. To protect aquatic ecosystems we argue that it will be important to: (1) accommodate fire-related and other ecological processes that maintain aquatic habitats and biodiversity, and not simply control fires or fuels; (2) prioritize projects according to risks and opportunities for fire control and the protection of aquatic ecosystems; and (3) develop new consistency in the management and regulatory process. Ultimately, all natural resource management is uncertain; the role of science is to apply experimental design and hypothesis testing to management applications that affect fire and aquatic ecosystems. Policy-makers and the public will benefit from an expanded appreciation of fire ecology that enables them to implement watershed management projects as experiments with hypothesized outcomes, adequate controls, and replication. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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Section: Addressing Uncertaintymentioning

confidence: 99%

Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: current knowledge and key questions

Bisson

Rieman

Luce

et al. 2003

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…This literature concerns how to: (1) bring people to the table, for example with the use of participatory modeling (Becu et al 2008, Jones et al 2009); (2) consider a diverse array of knowledge, perspectives, and values (Beratan 2007, Hermans et al 2007, Steyaert et al 2007); and (3) increase stakeholder participation (e.g., Lal et al 2001, Herath and Prato 2006, Castella 2009, Hayati et al 2009). These studies help us understand how to create and increase participation in collective common pool resource management, but they do not illustrate how group structure and participant interactions influence collective decision making within already established conservation organizations.…”

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Understanding the Mechanisms of Collective Decision Making in Ecological Restoration: An Agent-Based Model of Actors and Organizations

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Massey²,

Brooks³

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ABSTRACT. Ecological restoration, particularly in urban contexts, is a complex collective decision-making process that involves a diversity of stakeholders and experts, each with their own perceptions and preferences about what landscapes should and can look like, how to get them to the desired state, and on what timeline. We investigate how structural and behavioral factors may influence collective decision making in the context of ecological restoration, with the purpose of establishing general relationships between management styles (defined by structural and behavioral factors of the organization) and decision outcomes. Informed by existing literature on collective decision making and by empirical data from the Chicago Wilderness region, we present a stylized agent-based model that maps out and simulates the processes by which individuals within restoration organizations communicate, discuss, and ultimately make a decision. Our study examines how structural and behavioral characteristicsincluding: (a) the number of actors and groups involved in decision making, (b) the frequency and type of interactions among actors, (c) the initial setup of positions and respect, (d) outside information, and (e) entrenchment and cost of dissent-lead to or prohibit group convergence in terms of collective position, variation in position across actors, and final decision strategies. We found that formal meetings and group leaders are important facilitators of convergence, especially when multiple groups are present, new information is introduced in the process, and participants are polarized around an issue. Also, intergroup interactions are particularly important for overall convergence. Position entrenchment slows the convergence process and increases the need for decision strategies involving outside intervention. Cost of dissent can reinforce these effects. Our study formalizes collective decision-making processes within the context of ecological restoration, establishes generalizable relationships between these processes and decision outcomes, and provides a foundation for further empirical and modeling research.

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“…Crucial to the process of managing international icons is the incorporation of the human dimension into management at local, regional and international scales (Lal et al, 2002). However, an ongoing lack of understanding about the connection that people have with World Heritage Areas, among other factors such as lack of adequate resources, occasionally inhibits the integration of the human dimension into decision making related to natural resource management.…”

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Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians

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Inspiration, aspirations, attitudes, and perception of threats play a pivotal role in the way that individuals associate themselves with natural environments. These sentiments affect how people connect to natural places, including their behaviours, perceived responsibility, and the management interventions they support. World Heritage Areas hold an important place in the lives of people who visit, aspire to visit, or derive a sense of security and well-being from their existence. Yet, the connection between people and special places is rarely quantified and policymakers find it difficult to incorporate these human dimensions into decision-making processes. Here we describe the personal concern and connection that Australians have with the Great Barrier Reef and discuss how the results may help with its management. We utilize a statistically representative sample of Australian residents (n = 2,002) and show empirically that climate change is perceived to be the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef, and that the Great Barrier Reef inspires Australians, promotes pride, and instills a sense of individual identity and collective responsibility to protect it. An increased understanding of the high levels of personal connection to iconic natural resources may help managers to enhance public support for protecting climate-sensitive systems within Australia and around the world.

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The Adaptive Decision-Making Process as a Tool for Integrated Natural Resource Management: Focus, Attitudes, and Approach

Abstract: The following is the established format for referencing this article: Lal, P., H. Lim-Applegate, and M. Scoccimarro. 2001. The adaptive decision-making process as a tool for integrated natural resource management: focus, attitudes, and approach. Conservation Ecology 5 (2)

Cited by 73 publications

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Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: current knowledge and key questions

Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: current knowledge and key questions

Understanding the Mechanisms of Collective Decision Making in Ecological Restoration: An Agent-Based Model of Actors and Organizations

Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians

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