Editing Adaptive management (section)

==Features==
Key features of both passive and active adaptive management are:
*Iterative decision-making (evaluating results and adjusting actions on the basis of what has been learned)
*[[Feedback]] between monitoring and decisions (learning)
*Explicit characterization of system uncertainty through multi-model inference
*[[Bayesian inference]]
*Embracing [[risk]] and uncertainty as a way of building understanding

However, a number of process failures related to information feedback can prevent effective adaptive management decision making:<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Elzinga|first1=Caryl L. |last2=Salzer|first2=Daniel W. |last3=Willoughby|first3=John W.|date=1998-01-01|title=Measuring & Monitering Plant Populations|journal=U.S. Bureau of Land Management Papers|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usblmpub/17/}}</ref>

* [[data collection]] is never completely implemented
* data are collected but not analyzed
* [[data analysis|data are analyzed]] but results are inconclusive
* data are analyzed and are interesting, but are not presented to decision makers
* data are analyzed and presented, but are not used for decision-making because of internal or external factors