368 pages, 240 x 160 mm
Publisher:
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of ‘integrated natural resource management’. It is defined by learning from past management actions to use the gained experience for future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice.
With a view to facilitating better practice, this handbook combines the latest in adaptive management theory with detailed case studies, to provide managers with ready access to relevant information. Case studies are drawn from a number of fields, including wilderness, marine fisheries, sustainable farming, freshwater rivers, watersheds, forests, biodiversity and pests. They also cover a variety of scales, from individual farms, through regional projects, to state-wide decision making, and come from across the world, including examples from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe and South Africa.
While the book is designed primarily for practitioners and policy advisors in the fields of environmental and natural resource management, it will also provide a valuable reference for students and researchers with interests in environmental, natural resource and conservation management.
This is a handbook designed with the needs of on-ground practitioners and policy advisors in mind: includes
in-depth examples providing ‘how to’ information
Broad coverage on different types of natural resources and case studies at a wide range of scales
The explicit effort to address different levels of institutional scale
Topicality and international relevance, multidisciplinary collaboration – international scope
"The editors assembled a diverse team of contributors able to offer insights into social, political and scientific considerations. It was refreshing to see contributions from experienced authors advanced in their careers, as well as current students, recent graduates and others richer in life experience than traditional qualifications."
Mike Calver, Pacific Conservation Biology, Volume 17 Number 1 2011
"If the mere mention of system complexity and uncertainty is enough to bring on a tension headache, then I would suggest reading this book rather than seeking out pain relief. If you are already blessed with a learning-focused attitude to environmental management, I expect you will have already read this book."
Brett Painter, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, June 2010
Catherine Allan is a Senior Lecturer in Environment, Sociology and Planning at Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia.
George H. Stankey recently retired from his role as a Research Social Scientist with the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis, Oregon. He has served on the Executive Board of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations and is a member of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas.
Contributors
Will Allen, Rob Allen, Peter Ampt, Robert Argent, Richard Barker, Alex Baumber, Bernard Bormann, Serena Chen, Jean Chesson, Karen Cody, Sarah Commens, Melanie Jane Edwards, Ioan Fazey, David M. Forsyth, Katrina Gepp, Klaus Hubacek, Chris Jacobson, Tony Jakeman, Glenys Jones, Tony Ladson, Lachlan Newham, Simon Nicol, Gertraud Norton, Carmel Pollino, David Ramsey, Mark Reed, Darren Ryder, Lisen Schultz, Alanya C. Smith, Peter Stathis, Charles Todd, Clare Veltman, George Wilson, Margaret Woodrow, Robyn Watts.
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