Adaptive Co-Management for Climate Change Adaptation: Considerations for the Barents Region

Ryan Plummer and Julia Baird
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Ryan Plummer: Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
Julia Baird: Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada

Sustainability, 2013, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Adaptive co-management is a governance approach gaining recognition. It emphasizes pluralism and communication; shared decision-making and authority; linkages within and among levels; actor autonomy; and, learning and adaptation. Adaptive co-management is just starting to be applied for climate change adaptation. In drawing upon adaptive co-management scholarship and a case in progress of application for climate change adaptation in Niagara, Canada, key considerations for the Barents Euro-Arctic Region are identified. Realistic expectations, sensitivity to context, and cultivating conditions for success are highlighted as key considerations for future efforts to implement adaptive co-management approaches in the Barents Region.

Keywords: adaptive co-management; Barents Region; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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