Natural Resource Management: Challenges and Policy Options

Sustainability Indicators for Natural Resource Management & Policy

Trends, Challenges and Policy Options

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Multi-scale analysis and modelling of natural resource management options

Problems related to natural resource management (NRM) are typically complex and require integration of information across several scales and disciplines. Operational concepts to support such integration are scarce. Systems analysis and modelling can be helpful but the complexity of environmental systems also requires application of appropriate upscaling methods. Simultaneous assessment and mode...

Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management

It is widely agreed the Anthropocene has seen an unprecedented decline in the natural resources conditions that have underpinned the economic growth of the last few hundred years. As communities, we have not responded to Boulding’s vision of ‘the coming space ship earth’ although not for want of much official and private effort. As ‘wicked problems’ the impacts have been often ignored or off lo...

Linking scientific knowledge with policy action in Natural Resource Management

If science is to help in enhancing the stability of forest margins, reducing poverty and securing long-term conservation of forest resources, it has to communicate effectively with the two other knowledge action pairs (Fig 1), as well as with the many shades of opinion within their group. A persisting challenge is the quest for better integration of the knowledge action pairs of three main actors.