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Core components of adaptive co-management
identified in round one: |
Importance assigned by the expert panel in round
two: |
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Importance assigned by the expert panel in round
three |
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Mean |
SD |
% = Percent of expert panelists who
ranked ≥ 4 |
|
Mean |
SD |
% = Percent of expert panelists who
ranked ≥ 4 |
| |
|
Sharing authority, i.e., power, between at least two groups
of actors, usually, but not limited to the state and civic actors and/or users
|
5.80 |
1.32 |
93.3 |
|
6.07 |
0.88 |
100.0 |
|
Shared decision making |
5.87 |
1.22 |
93.3 |
|
6.00 |
0.96 |
96.5 |
|
Inclusion of stakeholders for
appropriate representation in the specific context, broadly
defined to include those interested in management objectives, i.e., government,
those directly, i.e., users, and indirectly, i.e., public, affected by potential
interventions |
4.93 |
1.62 |
80.0 |
|
5.24 |
1.09 |
96.6 |
|
Careful design, i.e., structuring, of management actions as
deliberate experiments with learning as an objective of doing |
5.50 |
1.38 |
93.4 |
|
5.59 |
1.30 |
93.0 |
|
Social learning by which actions are developed,
tested, reflected upon, and revised, i.e., double loop learning, learning by doing
|
5.73 |
1.41 |
93.3 |
|
6.21 |
0.82 |
100.0 |
|
Capacity to evolve and change in light of feedback, i.e.,
adaptive |
6.13 |
1.31 |
96.7 |
|
6.59 |
0.57 |
100.0 |
|
Communication, i.e., sharing of information and
establishment of shared understanding |
5.80 |
1.40 |
93.3 |
|
6.17 |
0.66 |
100.0 |
|
An underlying and ongoing process |
4.65 |
1.57 |
84.6 |
|
4.85 |
0.95 |
96.2 |
|
An aim to increase socioecological resilience, i.e.,
conservation/preservation, of the resource system |
4.67 |
1.42 |
76.7 |
|
4.62 |
1.43 |
82.6 |
|
Institutional innovation and
creativity |
5.07 |
1.41 |
83.4 |
|
5.17 |
1.17 |
96.5 |
|
Matching management to complex ecosystem
structures/dynamics |
4.41 |
1.35 |
68.9 |
|
|
|
|
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Dealing with cross-scale linkages, i.e., across multiple
levels |
4.97 |
1.35 |
80.0 |
|
5.10 |
1.21 |
89.6 |
|
Incorporation/engagement of multiple sources of
knowledge and culture |
5.43 |
1.28 |
89.9 |
|
5.55 |
1.12 |
96.5 |
|
A collectively developed and agreed upon model of
management roles and responsibilities |
5.23 |
1.28 |
93.3 |
|
5.31 |
0.85 |
100.0 |
|
Adequate resources and capacity, e.g., human,
financial, institutional |
4.97 |
1.92 |
73.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Focus on elements of difference, i.e., power, culture,
knowledge, and legitimization and empowerment of different social
actors |
4.77 |
1.46 |
83.3 |
|
4.69 |
1.29 |
86.1 |
|
Equity |
4.72 |
1.49 |
79.2 |
|
4.62 |
1.27 |
86.2 |
|
Participation in various aspects, e.g., decisions,
enforcement, monitoring, etc. |
4.90 |
1.21 |
93.3 |
|
4.90 |
1.08 |
89.5 |
|
Monitoring ecological and social changes and
outcomes of interventions, i.e., adequate feedback loops |
5.63 |
1.40 |
93.3 |
|
5.83 |
1.77 |
96.4 |
|
Flexibility that permits rapid institutional change
|
4.97 |
1.25 |
93.3 |
|
5.03 |
1.09 |
93.0 |
|
Place-based understanding |
4.63 |
1.56 |
80.0 |
|
4.62 |
1.40 |
79.3 |
|
Trust, i.e., social capital, among participants and a
nurturing environment |
4.90 |
1.67 |
80.0 |
|
4.76 |
1.57 |
82.7 |
|
Strong leadership and/or
facilitation |
4.93 |
1.72 |
83.4 |
|
5.17 |
1.44 |
89.6 |
|
Conflict management mechanisms and
processes |
4.90 |
1.16 |
90.0 |
|
4.97 |
0.98 |
96.5 |
|
Decentralization |
3.83 |
1.23 |
62.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Common vision/goal or endpoint supported by
rationale for direction |
4.57 |
1.57 |
77.0 |
|
4.57 |
1.43 |
75.0 |
|
Social/organizational memory |
4.30 |
1.58 |
70.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Community capacity building |
4.60 |
1.33 |
83.4 |
|
4.79 |
0.98 |
96.4 |
|
Sustainable livelihood development |
4.10 |
1.74 |
62.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Minimal external inputs, self-organization, and is
self reliance |
3.48 |
1.48 |
44.8 |
|
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