scholarly journals Adaptive Management for Decision Making at the Program and Project Levels of the Missouri River Recovery Program

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald M. Thom ◽  
Michael G. Anderson ◽  
Drew Tyre ◽  
Craig A. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
Recovery Program

scholarly journals Συμμετοχική και προσαρμοζόμενη διαχείριση

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Βασιλική Κλεφτογιάννη
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Local People ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Primary Sector ◽  
Management Policies

The aim of this study was to examine the applicability of successful participatory and adaptive management in the protected area of Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas estuaries, based on local people‟s perceptions in relation to protection, as well as on main elements considered to be critical for successful participatory processes. Participatory and adaptive management of protected areas includes involvement of stakeholders in decision making and the ability to adjust management policies to emerging needs, associated with complex and dynamic socio-natural systems. The area of the Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas estuaries is protected under national, European and international environmental legislation. Simultaneously, the area is one of the most dynamic agro-ecosystems of Greece. Agriculture and fishing/mussel culture are well-developed activities of the primary sector of economy resulting in a number of environmental pressures on the protected area. Until recently, there was no substantial institutional protection of the area. The Common Ministerial Decision designating the area protected, pending for several years, was finally published in 2009. This delay was considered associated with reactions of the local people to potential restrictions imposed on their professional activities. The first part of this study attempts to record perceptions of the local population regarding important issues related with the protected area and explore how they are influenced by age and education of respondents, their economic dependence on it and distance of their residence from its borders. Using a questionnaire, the survey was conducted to a total sample of 822 respondents. The first part reveals a strong spatial variation in the views of local people, which requires special management policies. In general, a positive attitude towards protection was recorded, although there was a part of respondents that expressed negative attitude to protection, associated exclusively with economic interests. This study coincided with a pilot application of adaptive management in the area by the Managing Authority of Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas estuaries. The Managing Authority applied an evaluating method of the main environmental threats to the area by a group of experts. Given the absence of stakeholders of the primary sector from this process, we decided to explore their views regarding threats by applying a similar approach. To this aim, ten focus groups were formed, seven representing agricultural cooperatives and three representing fishing cooperatives. The results of the second part show that stakeholders of the primary sector tend to underestimate specific threats related to their professional activities. However, most groups recognized the wetland‟s value; also, in a number of cases, their assessment of threats approached the experts‟ assessment. It appears that the conditions for implementing participatory and adaptive management in the region are generally favorable, provided the effective tackling of issues which incite conflict or impede management efforts. Important among them are the disparity between different regions and the association of professional activity and financial interests with the attitude to protection. Active and effective involvement of major stakeholders in early decision making stages, that is the process of participatory and adaptive management itself, can help in addressing these issues.

Spatial Education: Improving Conservation Delivery Through Space-Structured Decision Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton T. Moore ◽  
Terry L. Shaffer ◽  
Jill J. Gannon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Spatial Context ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Structured Decision Making ◽  
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Adaptive management is a form of structured decision making designed to guide management of natural resource systems when their behaviors are uncertain. Where decision making can be replicated across units of a landscape, learning can be accelerated, and biological processes can be understood in a larger spatial context. Broad-based partnerships among land management agencies, exemplified by Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (conservation partnerships created through the U.S. Department of the Interior), are potentially ideal environments for implementing spatially structured adaptive management programs.

An adaptive management case study for managing macropods on Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia: adding devils to the detail

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janeane Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
National Park ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Tasmanian Devil ◽  
Integrated Monitoring ◽  
Juvenile Mortality ◽  
Management Actions

Adaptive management is driven by structured decision making and evidence from monitoring in a ‘learning’ framework that guides management actions. In a conservation context, this iterative approach includes evaluation of the impacts on natural processes. On Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia, introduced Forester kangaroo, Bennetts wallaby and Tasmanian pademelon have been intensively managed by an annual cull since 1994. Management actions were triggered by high parasite loads, intense grazing pressure and high juvenile mortality during drought periods. Criticism of the annual cull from animal welfare groups initiated the development of an adaptive management approach for decision making that replaces the historic ‘trial and error’ process. Following a comprehensive review of the existing macropod management program in 2011, an integrated monitoring strategy was established to provide evidence for informed decision making. Assessments of animal health and estimates of population trends are the key indicators for management actions to occur. Maintaining viable macropod populations and protecting natural values form the basis of management objectives. Management actions in each year, for each species, represent ‘treatments’ as spatial replication is not possible at such a small scale. An adaptive management approach for macropod management on Maria Island has resulted in only one species being culled in 2014 and 2015 for the first time in almost 20 years. However the recent introduction of a major predator, the Tasmanian devil, has increased uncertainty for long-term macropod management on Maria Island with no cull occurring in 2016 and 2017.

Session 9: Keys to Maintaining Progress

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Carter ◽  
William G. Kronenberger ◽  
Eric L. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Daily Schedule ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Family Rules ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Recovery Program

Session 9 involves a review with you and your parent(s) of the individual skills you have acquired in Children’s Health and Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP) and providing guidance aimed at avoiding a relapse in your improvement. Key components of CHIRP are emphasized as they apply to your “Working Toward a Normal Daily Schedule.” The benefits of improved sleep and activity level, increased social contacts with peers, and increased comfort in assertively communicating with others are reinforced as critical for continued progress. Your parents are encouraged to support and trust your efforts in becoming more independent in managing various aspects of your medical condition, as well as in your decision making in setting a personal schedule and making lifestyle choices. Family members are strongly encouraged to continue to follow family rules for communicating about symptoms and resolving conflicts as discussed in the CHIRP sessions.

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