Addressing unexpected events and uncertainty represents one of the grand challenges of the Anthropocene, yet ecosystem management is constrained by existing policy and laws that were not formulated to deal with today's accelerating rates of environmental change. In many cases, managing for simple regulatory standards has resulted in adverse outcomes, necessitating innovative approaches for dealing with complex social-ecological problems. We highlight a project in the US Great Plains where panarchy - a conceptual framework that emerged from resilience - was implemented at project onset to address the continued inability to halt large-scale transition from grass-to-tree dominance in central North America. We review how panarchy was applied, the initial outcomes and evidence for policy reform, and the opportunities and challenges for which it could serve as a useful model to contrast with traditional ecosystem management approaches.

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Panarchy：生态系统管理的机遇和挑战

应对突发事件和不确定性是人类世面临的重大挑战之一，但生态系统管理受到现有政策和法律的限制，这些政策和法律并非为应对当今加速的环境变化而制定。在许多情况下，管理简单的监管标准会导致不利的结果，因此需要采用创新方法来处理复杂的社会生态问题。我们重点介绍了美国大平原的一个项目，该项目在项目开始时实施了全权制（一种从弹性中产生的概念框架），以解决北美中部持续无法阻止从草到树优势的大规模过渡的问题。我们回顾了如何应用全权制、政策改革的初步结果和证据，