References

Adaptive Management: A Tool for Conservation Practitioners (2001, 52 pages, 1.7Mb)
Authors: Nick Salafsky, Richard Margoluis, Kent Redford.
Adaptive management is growing in popularity as a concept in conservation circles. The purpose of our research was to determine how to make adaptive management a practical tool for conservation practitioners around the world. We first reviewed related concepts in fields including science and philosophy, social learning, business management, professional practice, and ecosystem management to create a research framework. We then field-tested this framework by visiting conservation projects in Zambia, Papua New Guinea, and British Columbia that all use some elements of an adaptive management approach. Our research revealed that adaptive management must be done by project managers themselves and requires establishing a clear purpose, developing an explicit model of the project site, selecting actions that maximize results and learning, developing and implementing a monitoring plan to test assumptions, analyzing data, communicating results, and then using these results to adapt and learn.

Assessing Behavioral Aspects of Coastal Resource Use (2000, 149 pages, 924K)
Authors: R. Pollnac & R. Crawford
This manual provides guidance for collecting and utilizing rigorous quantitative and qualitative data as part of community-based coastal resources management efforts as a complement information collected through more participatory methods.

Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing the Management of Protected Areas (2000, 132 pages, 1,4Mb)
Authors: Marc Hockings with Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley
The report proposes a framework for assessing management effectiveness. This is not presented as a straitjacket into which every assessment system should fall - we recognize the need for a variety of responses depending on needs and resources. The framework also includes suggested tools which can be used as the basis for developing an assessment methodology. We hope therefore that this report will lead to more effective management of protected areas by helping professionals and others who wish to assess management of protected areas to develop the most appropriate evaluation and monitoring system for their circumstances. It will also be easier for comparison between sites, sharing lessons learned and maximizing the benefits of evaluations if there is some consistency in approach and adherence to some basic operational guidelines.

Socioeconomic Manual for Coral Reef Management (2000, 264 pages, 14.6Mb)
Authors: L. Bunce, P. Townsley, R. Pomeroy, R. Pollnac
Provides practical guidelines on how to conduct socioeconomic assessments of coral reef resources. The step-by-step process presented in the manual will guide coral reef managers in assessing baseline data on socioeconomic conditions that can assist in coral reef management, monitoring, research, policy and development.

Survey Manual for Tropical Marine Resources 2nd Edition (1997)
Editors: English, S., C. Wilkinson, and V. Baker
(Australian Institute for Marine Science - AIMS)

This manual contains the latest methods for monitoring the status of coral reefs, mangrove forests and seagrass beds worldwide. The methods contained in this Survey Manual were developed through the combined expertise of scientists from Southeast Asia and AIMS. Base information has been gathered since 1984, through a project originally funded by AusAID, and has been further developed during the Institutes long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef.

Information about ordering the Manual can be found at:
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/facilities/
bookshop/survey-manual/bs-survey-manual01.html

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