title: Can we manage for resilience? The integration of resilience thinking into natural resource management in the United States.
abstract: The concept of resilience is now frequently invoked by natural resource agencies in the US. This reflects growing trends within ecology, conservation biology, and other disciplines acknowledging that social-ecological systems require management approaches recognizing their complexity. In this paper, we examine the concept of resilience and the manner in which some legal and regulatory frameworks governing federal natural resource agencies have difficulty accommodating it. We then use the U.S. Forest Service's employment of resilience as an illustration of the challenges ahead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of New Mexico, 1 University Avenue, MSC01 1110, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. mhbenson@unm.edu
authors.forename: Melinda Harm
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: Ahjond S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Garmestani
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies