32 – Difficulties in fitting an adaptive management approach^405● (^) Build AM studies on existing patterns of resource management wherever
possible, to constrain costs and increase the chances of a study being
maintained.
● (^) Attempt to build an effective constituency to support the maintenance of AM
and the uptake of its results.
● (^) Publish the results of AM studies so that new insights and learnings are
available to the conservation community.
Acknowledgements
The adaptive management experiment in the Victorian mountain ash forests was
made possible by the support of key Victorian Government officials, particularly
Ian Miles. Most field work was conducted by Lachlan McBurney and David Blair.
Funding support has come from the Department of Environment, Water and Land
Planning and the National Environmental Science Programme (Threatened
Species Recovery Hub). Sarah Legge, Natasha Robinson, Ben Scheele and James
Smith provided useful comments that improved an earlier version of this
manuscript. Tabitha Boyer provided editorial assistance with this chapter.
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