Collaborative adaptive management (CAM) is regularly touted as the best way to handle
natural resource management in the face of uncertainty, change and conflict. Successful …

Translating the attractive concept of collaborative adaptive management (CAM) into practice
has proven very difficult. The papers included in this Special Feature explore why this is true …

Parties should consider a collaborative approach to scientific inquiry and learning when
there are multiple jurisdictions, resource users, and viewpoints about the best way to …

Collaborative adaptive management merges three essential features of twenty-first century
conservation and resource management—science, collaboration, and a focus on results …

There is growing recognition that public lands cannot be managed as islands; rather, land
management must address the ecological, social, and temporal complexity that often spans …

Adaptive comanagement (ACM) is a novel approach to environmental governance that
combines the dynamic learning features of adaptive management with the linking and …

Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases
knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides …

With a focus on resources of the Colorado River ecosystem below Glen Canyon Dam, the
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program has included a variety of experimental …

Learning is recognized as central to collaborative adaptive management (CAM), yet few
longitudinal studies examine how learning occurs in CAM or apply the science of learning to …

The purpose of this technical guide is to present an operational definition of adaptive
management, identify the conditions in which adaptive management should be considered …