Nature or Nurture: What's Wrong and What's Right With Adaptive Management

摘要

Who would have thought that the notion of adap-tive management could be controversial? But it is, for good reason, and my colleagues J.B.Ruhl and Bruce Pardy ably present two poles of the debate.' In Ruhl's view, the problem is that ecosystems are complex and expecting approaches to manage them to spring full-blown and flawless is unrealistic. Better to let scientists and managers maneuver forward, finding their way. Existing legal requirements are a handicap. Flexibility is the answer.