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Social-ecological system
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Problem awareness
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Solutions available
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Political action
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Kristianstads Vattenrike
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The environmental problems in the area were identified by a few individuals
and networked across organizational levels and key actor groups. They were also
communicated to key individuals in the municipal government.
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The network made it possible to coordinate and link ongoing projects to
create integrated landscape-level solutions that were based on the ecosystem
approach.
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The municipal politicians were made aware of the problems and supported
the solution that had been developed in the emerging network
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The Everglades (the latest transformation) |
The problems that emerged in the area were identified by the adaptive
management group. The group communicated these problems to managers and
politicians.
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The colloquy developed policies that were based on the ecosystem
restoration and resilience approach. Two parallel processes emerged from the
colloquy; one federal (the Corps of Engineers Restudy) and one state (the Governor's
Commission). Both processes vetted solutions.
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Plans were presented to state and federal governments. Legislation was
passed that authorized $8 billion for Everglades restoration.
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The Northern Highlands Lake District
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There is a general awareness among actor groups of the emerging environmental
problems in the region.
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Integrated solutions that are based on an ecosystem and resilience approach
exist in a few nodes but are not well networked across the region
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At the time of writing, nuclei for action are emerging, but the shape of
regional action is not yet clear.
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Mae Nam Ping Basin
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There are different views of what the problem is and different explanations
of the causes.
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There is no consensus and a lack of alternatives. Solutions based on
ecosystem management at the basin level exist among some actor groups but are
not well networked
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There is a lack of political support and action.
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Goulburn-Broken
Catchment
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There was a general awareness of the problem of salinization of soils among
a wide range of actor groups at different organizational levels.
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An engineering solution was put forward and adopted by local leaders and
farmers.
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Local politicans recognized the problem and supported the engineering solution.
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