Adaptive management for water quality planning - from theory to practice

Marine and Freshwater Research - Tập 60 Số 11 - Trang 1189 - 2009
Rachel Eberhard1, Cathy Robinson2, Jane Waterhouse3,4, John Parslow5, Barry T. Hart6, Rodger B. Grayson7, Bruce Taylor2
1Eberhard Consulting, 55 Park Road West, Dutton Park, Qld. 4102, Australia
2CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia
3CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Davies Laboratory, University Drive, Townsville, Qld 4810, Australia.
4Present address: Coasts to Oceans, PO Box 290, Belgian Gardens, Qld 4810, Australia.
5CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia
6Water Science Pty Ltd, PO Box 2128, Echuca, Vic. 3564, Australia.
7Catchments to Sea Pty Ltd, PO Box 948, Lakes Entrance, Vic. 3909, Australia.

Tóm tắt

Adaptive management has been promoted as a structured approach to learning in response to the uncertainty associated with managing complex systems. We developed and tested a protocol to guide an adaptive approach to water quality management in north-eastern Australia. The protocol articulates a framework for documenting uncertainties and performance expectations, negotiating feedback and anticipating iterative and transformative responses to future scenarios. A Water Quality Improvement Plan developed for the Tully–Murray catchment in the Great Barrier Reef region was used to test the protocol and three benefits of its use were identified. First, developing rigorous and timely monitoring and evaluation ensures that opportunities for iterative planning are realised. Second, anticipating future endogenous or exogenous changes to the plan enables the early initiation of actions to inform transformative planning responses. Finally, the protocol exposed the need to coordinate multi-scalar responses to tackle environmental knowledge and management uncertainties and assumptions. The protocol seeks to provide a practical translation of adaptive planning theory that will enable the benefits of adaptive management to be realised on the ground.

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Marine and Freshwater Research

Tập 60 Số 11

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