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 | What is Adaptive Management? |
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An emerging theme for strategic-level (programmatic) impact studies is the use of targeted monitoring and an adaptive management (AM) approach to address large-scale issues and long future timeframes that may involve both policy and scientific uncertainties. AM refers to a relatively new concept that recognizes that scientific uncertainties and unforeseen environmental changes are inevitable when long-term plans, programs, or policies are implemented in particular environmental settings. Accordingly, recent trends are pointing to the emergence of AM as an environmental management tool for inclusion in Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs), both in the United States and Canada, the European Community, and elsewhere (Arts and Morrison-Saunders, 2004). Examples of these trends include the interests of the scientific community and stakeholder groups in the use of AM for natural resources management, the current emphasis on incorporating AM in PEISs or largerscale EISs, and the use of “follow-on” monitoring to effectively manage environmental impacts. From Planning a Post EIS Adaptive Management Program by Larry Canter, Eric Hollins, Lorna Harrell. |