Green, Olivia Odom and Garmestani, Ahjond S. and Allen, Craig R. and Gunderson, Lance H and Ruhl, J. B. and Arnold, Craig A. and Graham, Nicholas A. J. and Cosens, Barbara and Angeler, David and Chaffin, Brian C. and Holling, CS
(2015).
Barriers and bridges to the integration of social-ecological resilience and law.
Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment. 13
:6
, 332-337
[Research article]
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/140294
Abstract
There is a fundamental difference between the ways in which ecologists and lawyers view uncertainty: in the study of ecology, uncertainty provides a catalyst for exploration, whereas uncertainty is antithetical to the rule of law. This issue is particularly troubling in environmental management, where the tensions between law and ecology become apparent. Rather than acknowledge uncertainties in management actions, legal frameworks often force a false sense of certainty in linking cause and effect. While adaptive management has been developed to deal with uncertainty, laws and legal wrangling can be obstacles to implementation. In this article, we recommend resilience-based governance "adaptive governance" as a means to begin bridging the gap between law and ecology.
Authors/Creators: | Green, Olivia Odom and Garmestani, Ahjond S. and Allen, Craig R. and Gunderson, Lance H and Ruhl, J. B. and Arnold, Craig A. and Graham, Nicholas A. J. and Cosens, Barbara and Angeler, David and Chaffin, Brian C. and Holling, CS | ||||||
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Title: | Barriers and bridges to the integration of social-ecological resilience and law | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2015 | ||||||
Volume: | 13 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page range: | 332-337 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||||
Publisher: | Ecological Soceity of America | ||||||
ISSN: | 1540-9309 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Agris subject categories.: | D Administration and legislation > D10 Public administration X Agricola extesions > X30 Life sciences | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology | ||||||
Agrovoc terms: | environmental management, law, ecology | ||||||
Keywords: | environmental management, law, ecology | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3050 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3050 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 12732 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 05 Nov 2015 07:22 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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