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Adaptive management as a foundational framework for developing collaborative estuary management programs
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Adaptive management as a foundational framework for developing collaborative estuary management programs

Matthew J. Deitch, Haley N. Gancel, Amanda C. Croteau, Jane M. Caffrey, Whitney Scheffel, Brian Underwood, James W. Muller, Darryl Boudreau, Christina G. Cantrell, Matthew J. Posner, …
Journal of Environmental Management, Vol.295
295
2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113107
PMID: 34182337
Web of Science ID: WOS:000680023400003

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Abstract

Collaborative nonregulatory programs can benefit the long-term sustainability of environmental resources. Such programs benefit from extensive planning and assessment relative to ecological systems as well as public participation. While many programs use adaptive management as a guiding programmatic framework, few programs successfully integrate social and human context into their adaptive management frameworks. While this adaptive governance framework can be successful, many potential challenges arise when incorporating public stakeholders into the adaptive management framework. To reduce those challenges, programs need participation from diverse stakeholder groups that represent multiple communities of interest, place, and identity. The participatory process benefits from a diverse group of stakeholders and can result in successful management of environmental resources. We highlight the participatory co-management process of three newly developing nonregulatory programs that are modeled after the United States EPA’s National Estuary Program in the Perdido and Pensacola Bay systems, Choctawhatchee Bay, and the St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bay systems (Florida USA). This case study illustrates how collaborative nonregulatory programs can be implemented not only in the United States, but also in other regions of the world.

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