Adaptive management is a structured, iterative method for decision-making under uncertainty that integrates management actions with systematic learning. It treats policies or interventions as experiments, specifying alternative hypotheses about system behavior, designing management actions to test them, and using monitoring data and formal evaluation to update models and decisions over time. Core components include explicit objectives, predictive models, monitoring protocols, and decision rules that are revised using feedback, often via Bayesian updating or other quantitative frameworks. Widely used in environmental and resource management, it aims to optimize outcomes while progressively reducing uncertainty about system dynamics and response to interventions.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)—the statutory agency responsible for planning the Basin's water resources—has just shared the starkest news yet about the Basin's future: the Basin is almost certainly going to get ...
Earth Sciences
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A research team led by Prof. Zhu Yongguan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at the CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, has identified the mechanisms by which sponge city construction significantly ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2026
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Environment
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Environment
Jan 5, 2026
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There's no one-size-fits-all solution to adapting and building resilience to climate change, but a new study led by the University of Michigan offers three generalized pathways to help climate knowledge achieve its maximum ...
Environment
Nov 24, 2025
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Other
Nov 6, 2025
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Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2025
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In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and future-proof Antarctic ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2025
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Ecology
Jul 25, 2025
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A study by UCO's Department of Agricultural Economics, Finance and Accounting identifies stability and flexibility as the two components of farms' economic resilience and underscores the need for more targeted agricultural ...
Agriculture
Jul 22, 2025
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