Nearshore Benthic Mapping in the Great Lakes: A Multi-Agency Data Integration Approach in Southwest Lake Michigan by Molly K. Reif, Brandon S. Krumwiede, Steven E. Brown, Ethan J. Theuerkauf, Joseph H. Harwood

“…The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, originally signed in 1972, aims to help restore and protect the basin, and ecosystem monitoring is a primary objective to support adaptive management, environmental policy, and decision making. …”
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Will extreme drought impact the reservoir water quality? A 30-year observational study by Yu-I Lin, Shu-Yuan Pan, Hui-Hsien Chang, Mei-Siang Yu, Wei-Lung Lin

“…The study underscores adaptive management, mitigation strategies and the future research direction.…”
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Rethinking North–South Research Partnerships Amidst Global Uncertainties: Leveraging Lessons Learned from UK GCRF Projects during COVID-19 by Daniela Anghileri, Matt Kandel, Melanie C. Austen, Vikki V. Cheung, Helen Coskeran, Adam J. M. Devenish, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Hong C. Goh, Sithembile Mwamakamba, Vanessa Ross, John Spafford, Precious Yeki, Genevieve Agaba

“…The survey contained closed- and open-ended questions in order to (i) demonstrate how those involved in managing projects adapted to risks, including both threats and opportunities, presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and (ii) consider the implications for tailoring adaptive management approaches in international research projects amidst uncertainties, with a special focus on enhancing equities in global north–south partnerships. …”
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Overcoming persistent challenges in putting environmental flow policy into practice: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis by Gustavo Facincani Dourado, Anna M Rallings, Joshua H Viers

“…The lack of adequate hydrological data ( n = 24) and ecological data ( n = 28) were among the most mentioned, and ultimately lead to difficulties in starting or continuing monitoring/adaptive management ( n = 28) efforts. The lack of resource/capacity ( n = 21), experimentation ( n = 19), regulatory enforcement ( n = 17), and differing authorities involved ( n = 18) were also recurrent problems, driven by the deficiencies in the relative importance given to e-flows when facing other human priorities. …”
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A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change by Rasoul Yousefpour, Christian Temperli, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, Henrik Meilby, Manfred J. Lexer, Marcus Lindner, Harald Bugmann, Jose G. Borges, João H. N. Palma, Duncan Ray, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Sylvain Delzon, Antoine Kremer, Koen Kramer, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Petra Lasch-Born, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Marc Hanewinkel

“…We investigate the adaptive management process and develop a framework including these three aspects, thus providing a structured way to analyze the challenges and opportunities of managing forests in the face of climate change. …”
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Monitoring consumptive resource use in South African national parks by Wessel Vermeulen, Nicola van Wilgen, Kyle Smith, Mbulelo Dopolo, Louise Swemmer, Wendy Annecke, Hugo Bezuidenhout, Graham Durrheim, Nick Hanekom, Howard Hendricks, Melodie McGeoch, Ntombizodwa Ngubeni, Alexis Symonds

“…To gauge sustainability, a sound monitoring and research programme that fits within the context of the SANParks’ adaptive management approach towards social-ecological system management is required. …”
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Release trial of captive-bred variable harlequin frogs Atelopus varius shows that frogs disperse rapidly, are difficult to recapture and do not readily regain skin toxicity by Blake Klocke, Orlando Garcés, Elliot Lassiter, Jorge Guerrel, Andreas Hertz, Estefany Illueca, Eric Klaphake, Luke Linhoff, Kevin Minbiole, Heidi Ross, Julia A. Tasca, Douglas C. Woodhams, Brian Gratwicke, Roberto Ibáñez

“…We recommend continuing release trials of captive-bred frogs with post-release monitoring methods, using an adaptive management framework to advance the field of amphibian reintroduction ecology.…”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Wind Erosion during 1990–2020 in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, Southern Tibetan Plateau by Xiaomin Qin, Dongmei Zhao, Baojun Zhang, Donghong Xiong, Zhengrong Yuan, Wenduo Zhang, Lin Liu, Dil Kumar Rai, Sheikh Laraib, Wei Deng

“…We suggest that eco-restoration activities should be endorsed in the future, as well as the adaptive management that is required to control wind erosion and improve ecosystem services and human well-being for people in the YZRB region.…”
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Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges by Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Andrea Pieroni, Rainer W. Bussmann, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad, Hosam O. El-Ansary

“…Conclusion The current study also provides insights how the TEK can assist with aspects of ecological restoration, from reference ecosystem reconstruction and adaptive management through species selection for restoration, monitoring, and evaluation of restoration effectiveness.…”
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Diversity and Variation of Asymbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Microorganisms in Alpine Grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau by Wenyan Li, Fei Li, Haijun Zeng, Lin Ma, Lingyan Qi, Xiaochun Wang, Wenyin Wang, Zhen Peng, A. Allan Degen, Yanfu Bai, Tao Zhang, Mei Huang, Jin Han, Zhanhuan Shang, Zhanhuan Shang, Zhanhuan Shang

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Impacts of climate change on the municipal water management system in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options by Waleed K. Al-Zubari, Alaa A. El-Sadek, Mohamed J. Al-Aradi, Hameed A. Al-Mahal

“…In order to build an adaptive management capacity of the municipal water management system in Bahrain, a number of management interventions are proposed and evaluated, individually and combined, for their effectiveness in enhancing the efficiency of the management system using the developed dynamic model. …”
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Differential Effects of Natural Grazing and Feedlot Feeding on Yak Fecal Microbiota by Tariq Shah, Luming Ding, Luming Ding, Ahmad Ud Din, Ahmad Ud Din, Faiz-ul Hassan, Anum Ali Ahmad, Haiyan Wei, Xianju Wang, Qi Yan, Muhammad Ishaq, Niyaz Ali, Yougui Fang

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The reliability and conservation value of ranger-collected data on elephant poaching by Kuiper, T

“…Managers felt that management based on intuition, experience and more reactive data-use was more familiar and dependable, and therefore did not embrace data-based adaptive management.</p> <p>For ranger-based monitoring to contribute effectively to biodiversity conservation, practitioners and scientists must acknowledge, understand, and account for uncertainty in both monitoring data and the behaviour of those collecting and using it. …”

Coastal Natural and Nature-Based Features: International Guidelines for Flood Risk Management by Todd S. Bridges, Jane McKee Smith, Jeffrey K. King, Jonathan D. Simm, Maria Dillard, Jurre deVries, Denise Reed, Candice D. Piercy, Boris van Zanten, Katie Arkema, Katie Arkema, Todd Swannack, Harry de Looff, Quirijn Lodder, Claire Jeuken, Nigel Ponte, Joseph Z. Gailani, Paula Whitfield, Enda Murphy, Ryan J. Lowe, Elizabeth McLeod, Safra Altman, Colette Cairns, Burton C. Suedel, Larissa A. Naylor

“…In addition to describing each of the NNBF types, their use, design, implementation, and maintenance, the guidelines describe general principles for employing NNBF, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, costs and benefits, and adaptive management. An overall systems approach is taken to planning and implementation of NNBF. …”
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Post-Fire Recovery of Vegetation and Diversity Patterns in Semiarid <i>Pinus halepensis</i> Mill. Habitats after Salvage Logging by Daniel Moya, Javier Sagra, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Álvarez, Javier González-Romero, Jorge De Las Heras, Pablo Ferrandis

“…In the Mediterranean Basin, where land use and land-use change are bringing about changes in drought periods and fire regimes, optimal treatments should be included in adaptive management in order to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability. …”
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A gap analysis on modelling of sea lice infection pressure from salmonid farms. II. Identifying and ranking knowledge gaps: output of an international workshop by JM Murphy, M Moriarty, AJ Brooker, W Waites, CW Revie, TP Adams, M Lewis, HC Reinardy, JP Phelan, JP Coyle, B Rabe, SC Ives, JD Armstrong, AD Sandvik, L Asplin, Ø Karlsen, S Garnier, G á Norði, PA Gillibrand, KS Last, AG Murray

“…Given the breadth of ongoing research in sea lice dispersal and population modelling, and focus on research-led adaptive management, we brought experts together to discuss research knowledge gaps. …”
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Predicting current and future global distribution of black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) under changing climate by Yunlong Chen, Xiujuan Shan, Daniel Ovando, Tao Yang, Fangqun Dai, Xianshi Jin

“…Our results illustrate the potential effects of climate change on the future distribution of S. schlegelii populations and can assist with implementing adaptive management measures of this species.…”
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Effects of Changing Weather, Oceanographic Conditions, and Land Uses on Spatio-Temporal Variation of Sedimentation Dynamics along Near-Shore Coral Reefs by Abimarie Otaño-Cruz, Abimarie Otaño-Cruz, Abimarie Otaño-Cruz, Alfredo A. Montañez-Acuña, Valeria Torres-López, Elix M. Hernández-Figueroa, Elix M. Hernández-Figueroa, Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado

“…Comprehensive understanding of sediment dynamics and coastal ecosystem interconnectivity is fundamental to implement integrated and adaptive management strategies aimed to promote sustainable development at watershed and island wide-scale to fully mitigate terrigenous sediment impact to marine ecosystems. …”
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Groundwater sustainability: a review of the interactions between science and policy by Ahmed S Elshall, Aida D Arik, Aly I El-Kadi, Suzanne Pierce, Ming Ye, Kimberly M Burnett, Christopher A Wada, Leah L Bremer, Gregory Chun

“…We conclude that effective groundwater sustainability policy implementation requires an iterative scientific evaluation that (i) engages stakeholders in a participatory process through collaborative modeling and social learning; (ii) provides improved understanding of the coevolving scenarios between surface water-groundwater systems, ecosystems, and human activities; and (iii) acknowledges and addresses uncertainty in our scientific knowledge and the diversity of societal preferences using multi-model uncertainty analysis and adaptive management. Although the development of such a transdisciplinary research approach, which connects policy, science, and practice for groundwater sustainability evaluation, is still in its infancy worldwide, we find that research towards groundwater sustainability is growing at a much faster rate than groundwater research as a whole.…”
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How do local people value ecosystem service benefits received from conservation programs? Evidence from nature reserves on the Hengduan Mountains by Yuqing Liu, Su Zhou, Yongzhe Chen, Hao Cheng, Wei Zhou, Murong Yang, Yu Shen, Lingfan Wan, Xukun Su, Guohua Liu

“…It suggested that adaptive management should be implemented in NRs of the Hengduan Mountain and community-based protection and harvesting measures should be implemented to enhance community-participated co-management, coupled with environmental education programs covering all people in the family. …”
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