Abstract
Ecosystem management is a recent policy alternative proposed to address a new generation of environmental issues characterized by greater sociocultural, political, economic, and biophysical complexity. For most ecosystem management efforts, scientific uncertainty and lack of data commonly are listed among the most significant stumbling blocks to success (Yaffee et al., 1996). As we move beyond the boundaries of the safe and known into the uncharted territory of ecosystem management, at both grand and small scales, the compass that science can provide to assist decision making is frequently the missing element (Lee, 1993). Ecological assessments are fundamental to ecosystem management precisely because they provide a tool pointing the way and giving direction to difficult decisions made in the face of great uncertainty (Lackey, 1998).
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Haeuber, R.A. (2001). Ecological Assessments and Implementing Ecosystem Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead. In: Jensen, M.E., Bourgeron, P.S. (eds) A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8620-7_36
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