Management of transboundary natural resources

Cooperation and Conflict in the Management of Transboundary Fishery Resources

Co-management of Natural Resources

There are two main challenges in managing natural resources. One is to respond appropriately to the ecological characteristics of a given environment, preserving its integrity and functions while assuring a flow of benefits from it. This challenge is mostly about content— the what and when of managing natural resources. The other is to respond to the social characteristics of the same environme...

Integrated Natural Resources Management of Coastal Fisheries

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Adaptive Management of Natural Resources: Theory, Concepts, and Management Institutions

Stankey, George H.; Clark, Roger N.; Bormann, Bernard T. 2005. Adaptive management of natural resources: theory, concepts, and management institutions. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-654. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 73 p. This report reviews the extensive and growing literature on the concept and application of adaptive management. ...

Adaptive Management Applied to Aquatic Natural Resources

Most natural resource management is conducted under conditions of considerable uncertainty; rarely do we have 100% confidence that management actions will deliver the predicted outcome. Adaptive management is a scientific approach to management that explicitly deals with this uncertainty. It involves predicting management outcomes, collecting data to test those predictions (monitoring), revisin...