摘要：The governance outcomes of natural resource co-management have been neithersystematically monitored nor rigorously assessed. We identified system attributes and key variables thatcould form the basis for monitoring the governance dimension of adaptive co-management. A methodologyfor collaboratively monitoring these system attributes and key variables was tested in four localities inSouth Africa. Our results suggest that creating the conditions that facilitate self-organization, andparticularly cross-scale institutional linkages, is the major challenge facing attempts to initiate adaptiveco-management. Factors requiring greater attention include community perceptions of support from outsideagencies, access to long-term funding for adaptive decision making, and access to reliable informationabout changes in natural resources and legal options for the formation of decision-making bodies. Long-term and well-funded social facilitation is key to achieving this
关键词：adaptive capacity; adaptive co-management; governance; monitoring; self-organization;social capital
