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Ecosystem Management and the Florida Everglades: The Role of Social Scientists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

J. Walter Milon ,
Clyde F. Kiker  and
Donna J. Lee
J. Walter Milon
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
Clyde F. Kiker
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
Donna J. Lee
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
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Abstract

Recently many state and federal agencies in the U.S. have embraced an ecosystems management approach to environmental protection and regulation. This approach requires a high degree of cooperation between natural and social scientists to translate policy objectives into research hypotheses, models, and evaluation procedures to guide implementation decisions. An adaptive procedure to guide interdisciplinary research is described and illustrated with highlights of recent progress and pitfalls from the restoration initiative for the Everglades/South Florida ecosystem.

Keywords

adaptive managementecosystem managementFlorida Evergladesinterdisciplinary researchsocial science
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 99 - 107
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1997

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