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Creator:: Chaffin, Brian C., Gosnell, Hannah, and Cosens, Barbara A.
Abstract:: Adaptive governance is an emergent form of environmental governance that is increasingly called upon by scholars and practitioners to coordinate resource management regimes in the face of the complexity and uncertainty associated with rapid environmental change. Although the term “adaptive governance” is not exclusively applied to the governance of social-ecological...
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Full Text:: ). Ideally, the scale of AG will be adapted to the social and ecological nature of the problem as well as to

Creator:: Spies, Thomas A., White, Eric M., Kline, Jeffrey D., Fischer, A. Paige, Ager, Alan, Bailey, John, Bolte, John, Koch, Jennifer, Platt, Emily, Olsen, Christine S., Jacobs, Derric, Shindler, Bruce, Steen-Adams, Michelle M., and Hammer, Roger
Abstract:: Fire-prone landscapes are not well studied as coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) and present many challenges for understanding and promoting adaptive behaviors and institutions. Here, we explore how heterogeneity, feedbacks, and external drivers in this type of natural hazard system can lead to complexity and can limit the development...
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Full Text:: , flexible decision-making and problem-solving is important to society’s ability to respond to problems and

Creator:: Smedstad, Jill A. and Gosnell, Hannah
Abstract:: Adaptive comanagement (ACM) is a novel approach to environmental governance that combines the dynamic learning features of adaptive management with the linking and network features of collaborative management. There is growing interest in the potential for ACM to resolve conflicts around natural resource management and contribute to greater social and...
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Creator:: Tullos, Desiree D., Foster-Moore, Eric, Magee, Darrin, Tilt, Bryan, Wolf, Aaron T., Schmitt, Edwin, Gassert, Francis, and Kibler, Kelly
Abstract:: Rapid hydropower development is occurring in China's Yunnan province in response to increasing clean energy demands, exposing potential vulnerabilities of the area's ecosystems, communities, and geopolitical systems. Here, we present original data on the cultures, economics, hydro-politics, and environments of the Nu River basin, based on household surveys, analysis of...
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Creator:: McAlpine, Clive A., Seabrook, Leonie M., Ryan, Justin G., Feeney, Brian J., Ripple, William J., Ehrlich, Anne H., and Ehrlich, Paul R.
Abstract:: Many ecologists and environmental scientists witnessing the scale of current environmental change are becoming increasingly alarmed about how humanity is pushing the boundaries of the Earth’s systems beyond sustainable levels. The world urgently needs global society to redirect itself toward a more sustainable future: one that moves intergenerational equity and...
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Creator:: Kemp, Kerry B., Blades, Jarod J., Klos, P. Zion, Hall, Troy E., Force, Jo Ellen, Morgan, Penelope, and Tinkham, Wade T.
Abstract:: Recent mandates in the United States require federal agencies to incorporate climate change science into land management planning efforts. These mandates target possible adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the degree to which climate change is actively being considered in agency planning and management decisions is largely unknown. We explored the...
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