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The adoption and adaptation process of Share-Holding Integrated Forest Tenure (SHIFT) System, a unique organizational innovation for local forest management in China, revealed the dynamics between the natural ecosystem and the social context at an unexpected level as well as the potential pitfalls in policy-making and management given such complexity. The story of SHIFT illustrates how the fast changes as both a cause and consequence of the introduced reform can twist the implementation and adaptation of policies and how important it is for any long-term decisions to embrace the dynamics of natural and social change over time. | |
