Adaptive Management and the Northwest Forest Plan: Rhetoric and Reality

Adaptive Management and the Northwest Forest Plan: Rhetoric and Reality

Adaptive management represents a process to use management policies as a source of learning, which in turn can inform subsequent actions. However, despite its appealing and apparently straightforward objectives, examples of successful implementation remain elusive, and a review of efforts to impleme...

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Published in:Journal of forestry Vol. 101; no. 1; pp. 40 - 46
Main Authors: Stankey, George H, Bormann, Bernard T, Ryan, Clare, Schindler, Bruce
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bethesda Oxford University Press 01-01-2003
Subjects:
Forestry
Management
Policy making
Northwestern states
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Summary:Adaptive management represents a process to use management policies as a source of learning, which in turn can inform subsequent actions. However, despite its appealing and apparently straightforward objectives, examples of successful implementation remain elusive, and a review of efforts to implement an adaptive approach in the Northwest Forest Plan proves the point. Barriers include an institutional and regulatory environment that stymies innovation, increasing workloads coupled with declining resources that constrain learning-based approaches, and a lack of leadership. The time is right to learn from experiences and consider alternatives.
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ISSN:0022-1201
1938-3746
DOI:10.1093/jof/101.1.40