IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2601 DA, Delft, Netherlands.
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Level 4, Government Offices, 533 Kiewa St, Albury, NSW, Australia.
Environ Manage. 2018 Mar;61(3):497-505. doi: 10.1007/s00267-017-0922-4. Epub 2017 Sep 2.
Anthropogenic pressure on freshwater ecosystems is increasing, and often leading to unacceptable social-ecological outcomes. This is even more prevalent in intermittent river systems where many are already heavily modified, or human encroachment is increasing. Although adaptive management approaches have the potential to aid in providing the framework to consider the complexities of intermittent river systems and improve utility within the management of these systems, success has been variable. This paper looks at the application of an adaptive management pilot project within an environmental flows program in an intermittent stream (Tuppal Creek) in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. The program focused on stakeholder involvement, participatory decision-making, and simple monitoring as the basis of an adaptive management approach. The approach found that by building trust and ownership through concentrating on inclusiveness and transparency, partnerships between government agencies and landholders were developed. This facilitated a willingness to accept greater risks and unintended consequences allowing implementation to occur.
人为压力正对淡水生态系统造成影响，且往往导致不可接受的社会-生态后果。在间歇性河流系统中，这种情况更为普遍，因为许多河流已经受到严重的改造，或者人类的侵占在不断增加。尽管适应性管理方法有可能为考虑间歇性河流系统的复杂性并提高这些系统管理的实用性提供框架，但成功的情况各不相同。本文着眼于在澳大利亚墨累-达令盆地间歇性溪流（Tuppal Creek）的环境流计划中应用适应性管理试点项目。该计划侧重于利益相关者的参与、参与式决策和简单监测，作为适应性管理方法的基础。该方法发现，通过关注包容性和透明度来建立信任和所有权，政府机构和土地所有者之间建立了合作伙伴关系。这促使他们愿意承担更大的风险和意外后果，从而推动了实施。
