The oncoming stream of biophysical and social changes facing the rangelands calls for an innovative mix of modifying existing uses and pursuing new ones to help transition into a social-ecological system more in tune with its new environment. In the face of rising uncertainty, trying to find some particular, optimal combination of management and policy to suit some assumed future environment can’t work. A transformational change is needed. This does not mean getting to one new, particular kind of system. It has to be an ongoing process of exploring, learning and keeping options open, along the lines of the developing field of guided self-organisation.

牧场面临的即将到来的生物物理和社会变革流，要求对现有用途进行修改并寻求新用途的创新组合，以帮助过渡到更适应其新环境的社会生态系统。面对不确定性不断上升的情况，试图找到某种特定的，最佳的管理和政策组合以适应某些假定的未来环境是行不通的。需要进行转变。这并不意味着要使用一种新的特定类型的系统。它必须是一个不断发展的过程，它要遵循有指导的自组织的发展领域，探索，学习和保持选择的开放性。