Adaptive Co-Management for Climate Change Adaptation: Considerations for the Barents Region

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Julia Baird, Ryan Plummer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2013
• Subjects: adaptive co-management; Barents Region; climate change; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Canada; barents region; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su5020629; https://doaj.org/article/c2e041ffbe0d42ffad6e41c7932e3172

Adaptive co-management is a governance approach gaining recognition. It emphasizes pluralism and communication; shared decision-making and authority; linkages within and among levels; actor autonomy; and, learning and adaptation. Adaptive co-management is just starting to be applied for climate change adaptation. In drawing upon adaptive co-management scholarship and a case in progress of application for climate change adaptation in Niagara, Canada, key considerations for the Barents Euro-Arctic Region are identified. Realistic expectations, sensitivity to context, and cultivating conditions for success are highlighted as key considerations for future efforts to implement adaptive co-management approaches in the Barents Region.