Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana

Urgency and deliberateness are often at odds when executing conservation projects, especially as the scale and complexity of objectives increases. The pace of environmental degradation supports immediate and measurable action. However, best practices for adaptive governance and building resilient so...

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Autores principales:	Kathleen Epstein, David J. A. Wood, Kelli Roemer, Bryce Currey, Hannah Duff, Justin D. Gay, Hannah M. Goemann, Sasha Loewen, Megan C. Milligan, John A. F. Wendt, E. N. J. Brookshire, Bruce D. Maxwell, Lance McNew, David B. McWethy, Paul C. Stoy, Julia H. Haggerty
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2021
Materias:	adaptive governance grassland conservation land use change scenario planning stakeholder participation Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5c99bbfeb8b448a592b689c5034d7abe2021-12-02T14:14:42ZToward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana1708-308710.5751/ES-12141-260110https://doaj.org/article/5c99bbfeb8b448a592b689c5034d7abe2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss1/art10/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087Urgency and deliberateness are often at odds when executing conservation projects, especially as the scale and complexity of objectives increases. The pace of environmental degradation supports immediate and measurable action. However, best practices for adaptive governance and building resilient social-ecological systems call for more deliberate efforts and participatory processes, which can be slow. We explore conflicts between urgency and deliberateness and the potential for their reconciliation through a case study of the challenges of conserving native rangelands in North America's Northern Great Plains, an ecoregion targeted for global conservation initiatives. This region is undergoing a significant social-ecological transition, which underscores a need to rethink conservation strategies in light of the social-ecological system dynamics and potential future trajectories. Based on a structured narrative literature review process and iterative engagement with key regional stakeholders, we identify three interrelated factors critical to the system's future outcomes that illustrate system complexity as well as trade-offs between urgent and deliberate action and unilateral and multilateral approaches to conservation: (1) influences of land management on biodiversity, (2) economic restructuring and shifting land use priorities, and (3) changing climate and disturbance regimes. We identify key gaps in the literature for each factor and across the factors - an effort that informs our call for research and practice agendas that address uncertainty and complexity at regional scales through more inclusive and future-oriented approaches.Kathleen EpsteinDavid J. A. WoodKelli RoemerBryce CurreyHannah DuffJustin D. GayHannah M. GoemannSasha LoewenMegan C. MilliganJohn A. F. WendtE. N. J. BrookshireBruce D. MaxwellLance McNewDavid B. McWethyPaul C. StoyJulia H. HaggertyResilience Alliancearticleadaptive governancegrassland conservationland use changescenario planningstakeholder participationBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 26, Iss 1, p 10 (2021)
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topic	adaptive governance grassland conservation land use change scenario planning stakeholder participation Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	adaptive governance grassland conservation land use change scenario planning stakeholder participation Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Kathleen Epstein David J. A. Wood Kelli Roemer Bryce Currey Hannah Duff Justin D. Gay Hannah M. Goemann Sasha Loewen Megan C. Milligan John A. F. Wendt E. N. J. Brookshire Bruce D. Maxwell Lance McNew David B. McWethy Paul C. Stoy Julia H. Haggerty Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
description	Urgency and deliberateness are often at odds when executing conservation projects, especially as the scale and complexity of objectives increases. The pace of environmental degradation supports immediate and measurable action. However, best practices for adaptive governance and building resilient social-ecological systems call for more deliberate efforts and participatory processes, which can be slow. We explore conflicts between urgency and deliberateness and the potential for their reconciliation through a case study of the challenges of conserving native rangelands in North America's Northern Great Plains, an ecoregion targeted for global conservation initiatives. This region is undergoing a significant social-ecological transition, which underscores a need to rethink conservation strategies in light of the social-ecological system dynamics and potential future trajectories. Based on a structured narrative literature review process and iterative engagement with key regional stakeholders, we identify three interrelated factors critical to the system's future outcomes that illustrate system complexity as well as trade-offs between urgent and deliberate action and unilateral and multilateral approaches to conservation: (1) influences of land management on biodiversity, (2) economic restructuring and shifting land use priorities, and (3) changing climate and disturbance regimes. We identify key gaps in the literature for each factor and across the factors - an effort that informs our call for research and practice agendas that address uncertainty and complexity at regional scales through more inclusive and future-oriented approaches.
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author	Kathleen Epstein David J. A. Wood Kelli Roemer Bryce Currey Hannah Duff Justin D. Gay Hannah M. Goemann Sasha Loewen Megan C. Milligan John A. F. Wendt E. N. J. Brookshire Bruce D. Maxwell Lance McNew David B. McWethy Paul C. Stoy Julia H. Haggerty
author_facet	Kathleen Epstein David J. A. Wood Kelli Roemer Bryce Currey Hannah Duff Justin D. Gay Hannah M. Goemann Sasha Loewen Megan C. Milligan John A. F. Wendt E. N. J. Brookshire Bruce D. Maxwell Lance McNew David B. McWethy Paul C. Stoy Julia H. Haggerty
author_sort	Kathleen Epstein
title	Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
title_short	Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
title_full	Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
title_fullStr	Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
title_full_unstemmed	Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
title_sort	toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the northern great plains, montana
publisher	Resilience Alliance
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5c99bbfeb8b448a592b689c5034d7abe
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Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana

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