A diagram illustrating the adaptive management process. The word ‘Stakeholders’ sits in the centre of a circle surrounded by six steps. 1 Assess problem -defining and bounding of the management problem, including the setting of management objectives. 2 Current knowledge - Representing existing understanding through system models that include assumptions and predictions as a basis for further learning. 3 Identify uncertainty - Identifying uncertainty and alternate hypotheses based on evidence and experience. 4 Implement - Implementation of actions/policies to allow continued resource management while learning. 5 Monitor - Monitoring of the effect of new policies. 6 Evaluate - Reflection on, and learning from result outcomes. Comparison with original expectations in order to revise models and/or management actions based on what has been learned.