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| Freitag, Stefanie; Scientific Services, South African National Parks; stef.freitag@sanparks.org; Biggs, Harry; Conservation Services, South African National Parks; biggs@sanparks.org; Breen, Charles; School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal; breenc@telkomsa.net. |
| Natural resource management is embedded within social-ecological environments and requires decisions to be taken within this broad context, including those that pertain to protected areas. This realization has led to South African National Parks adopting a strategic adaptive management approach to decision making. Through narrative, we show why and how this practice has progressively spread and evolved both within the organization and beyond, over the past two decades. A number of catalytic events and synergies enabled a change from reactive tactical management approaches to more inclusive forward-looking approaches able to embrace system complexity and associated uncertainty and change. We show how this long period of innovation has lead to an increased... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Colearning; Kruger National Park; Protected area stewardship; Social-ecological systems; Systems thinking. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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