CNH-RCN: Amazon Dams Network: Advancing Integrative Research and Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems Transformed by Hydroelectric Dams
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Project Coordinators: Bette Loiselle, Simone Athayde, Stephanie Bohlman, Benedict Colombi, Carolina Doria, David Kaplan, Elineide Marques, Ted Melis, Evandro Moretto.
Project Partners: University of Florida, Northern Arizona University, US Geological Survey, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Universidade de São Paulo
Duration: 2016-2021
ADN Framework
Preliminary theoretical and methodological framework for the CNH-RCN Amazon Dams Network. The framework presents an adaptive management (AM) approach to guide inter- and trans-disciplinary research and social learning in social-ecological systems (SES) transformed by hydroelectric dams. Key integrative coupled natural human system themes that characterize the SES are: governance and social actors (crosscutting theme), watershed hydrology and geomorphology, fish and fisheries, and land-use/land-cover change. Changes in the SES over time inform and reshape management and research.