| Description | Number of Items | Number of Passages |
| Actual | 16 | 24 |
| Conflict of interests of those involved | 7 | 8 |
| Power asymmetries among those involved | 4 | 8 |
| Insufficient resources (financial, human, technical, etc.) | 4 | 5 |
| Restrictive policies or institutions | 3 | 3 |
| Absence of multi-stakeholder commitment | 2 | 3 |
| Deficiencies/inconsistencies in communication, information, knowledge | 3 | 3 |
| Unclear privileges, guidelines, and responsibilities | 2 | 2 |
| Short-term outlook | 2 | 2 |
| Inability to learn, adapt, problem solve, or self-organize | 2 | 2 |
| Lack of leadership | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of understanding of ACM process | 1 | 1 |
| Ecological disturbances | 1 | 1 |
| Absence of social networks | 1 | 1 |
| Inability to make decisions, problems with decision-making process | 1 | 1 |
| Poorly developed civil society | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of homogeneity among resource systems and users | 1 | 1 |
| Potential | 16 | 27 |
| Conflict of interests of those involved | 7 | 12 |
| Inability to learn, adapt, problem solve, or self-organize | 7 | 8 |
| Restrictive policies or institutions | 5 | 5 |
| Lack of legitimate representation of stakeholders | 5 | 5 |
| Insufficient resources (financial, human, technical, etc.) | 3 | 3 |
| Power asymmetries among those involved | 2 | 2 |
| Unclear privileges, guidelines, and responsibilities | 2 | 2 |
| Short-term outlook | 2 | 2 |
| Deficiencies/inconsistencies in communication, knowledge, information | 2 | 2 |
| Inability to make decisions, problems with decision-making process | 2 | 2 |
| Defensiveness | 1 | 1 |
| Absence of multi-stakeholder commitment | 1 | 1 |
| Inadequate amount of time for ACM to develop | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of leadership | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of understanding of ACM process | 1 | 1 |
| Ecological disturbances | 1 | 1 |
| Absence of social networks | 1 | 1 |
| Problem of fit between ecosystem and institution | 1 | 1 |
| Unbalanced approach to ethics | 1 | 1 |
| Misconstruing effectiveness for success | 1 | 1 |
| Failure to seize windows of opportunity | 1 | 1 |