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The increasing complexity and uncertainty surrounding the management of natural resource systems, combined with the complex interactions that occur between those systems and people, over multiple jurisdictional and temporal scales, have revealed the limits to traditional, reductionist scientific inquiry. In response to this, there has been increasing interest in the concept of adaptive management...
In this final chapter we suggest how the lessons learned in the case studies could be used to inform other attempts to move from conventional to adaptive management. All forms of adaptive management are purposeful and deliberate, characterized by careful documentation processes and they are designed to promote learning that translates to action. The cases suggest that adaptive managers must understand...
The 10,700 km2 region of northwestern Oregon, USA, is dominated by mountainous forested landscapes fringed by agricultural lands and rapidly expanding urban areas. The Douglas-fir/western-hemlock trees, admixed with other species, in the mild, moist regional climate with rich soils are among the most highly productive of temperate forests. Timber harvest has been the dominant land use for much of...
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