| Description | Number of Items | Number of Passages |
| Resolution of conflict or dispute | 8 | 17 |
| Increased participation by or engagement of marginalized stakeholders | 4 | 15 |
| Development of adaptive capacity | 7 | 13 |
| Increased collaboration | 4 | 12 |
| Economic development | 3 | 10 |
| Enhanced communication and negotiation | 3 | 10 |
| Devolution of power | 2 | 10 |
| Improved resource health | 7 | 9 |
| Achievement of developmental goals | 3 | 9 |
| Increased interest or investment in resource health | 3 | 8 |
| Enhanced livelihoods | 3 | 8 |
| Relationships of trust | 1 | 8 |
| Reduced power imbalances | 2 | 8 |
| Generation, sharing, and integration of knowledge | 6 | 8 |
| Increased accountability and transparency | 2 | 8 |
| Increased self-confidence and skills among locals | 3 | 8 |
| New or modified institutional arrangements | 4 | 8 |
| Learning | 6 | 7 |
| Changes in perceptions and actions | 2 | 7 |
| Enhanced efficiency and effectiveness of management | 5 | 7 |
| Creative ideas for solving problems | 5 | 6 |
| Decrease in illegal resource use | 3 | 6 |
| Social–ecological resilience | 3 | 4 |
| Development of networks | 4 | 4 |
| Increased equity in distribution of costs and benefits | 1 | 4 |
| Broader based legitimization for management | 3 | 4 |
| Unequal distribution of benefits | 2 | 3 |
| Increased well-being | 3 | 3 |
| Resource management plans | 2 | 3 |
| Failure to improve livelihoods | 2 | 2 |
| Empowerment of stakeholders | 2 | 2 |
| Improved access to resources | 1 | 2 |
| Failed institutionalization of attitudes | 1 | 1 |
| Community development | 1 | 1 |
| Animosity from government | 1 | 1 |
| Failure to lessen state control | 1 | 1 |
| Absent empowerment through material gains | 1 | 1 |
| Changes in environmental parameters | 1 | 1 |
| Strengthened institutions | 1 | 1 |
| No changes in resource condition | 1 | 1 |
| Increases in supporting mechanisms | 1 | 1 |
| Temporary increase in explicit conflict | 1 | 1 |
| Increased transaction costs (time) | 1 | 1 |
| Proliferation of illegal activities | 1 | 1 |