| Soft Systems Thinking and Social Learning for Adaptive Management. | |
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PMID: 22010884 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The success of adaptive management in conservation has been questioned and the objective-based management paradigm on which it is based has been heavily criticized. Soft systems thinking and social-learning theory expose errors in the assumption that complex systems can be dispassionately managed by objective observers and highlight the fact that conservation is a social process in which objectives are contested and learning is context dependent. We used these insights to rethink adaptive management in a way that focuses on the social processes involved in management and decision making. Our approach to adaptive management is based on the following assumptions: action toward a common goal is an emergent property of complex social relationships; the introduction of new knowledge, alternative values, and new ways of understanding the world can become a stimulating force for learning, creativity, and change; learning is contextual and is fundamentally about practice; and defining the goal to be addressed is continuous and in principle never ends. We believe five key activities are crucial to defining the goal that is to be addressed in an adaptive-management context and to determining the objectives that are desirable and feasible to the participants: situate the problem in its social and ecological context; raise awareness about alternative views of a problem and encourage enquiry and deconstruction of frames of reference; undertake collaborative actions; and reflect on learning. |
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G Cundill; G S Cumming; D Biggs; C Fabricius |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-19 |
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Title: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Volume: - ISSN: 1523-1739 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9882301 Medline TA: Conserv Biol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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©2011 Society for Conservation Biology. |
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Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, email georgina.cundill@gmail.com Percy Fitzpatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, George, South Africa. |
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Pensamiento Sistémico Blando y Aprendizaje Social para Manejo Adaptativo. |
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