METAGOVERNANCE THEORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Environmental problem is the representative of complex problems which cannot be known with a part of study so that they can not be dealt with simple collection of various methods. Each single style of hierarchical governance, market governance, and network governance may fail because of lacking complexity. The emerging metagovernance which references the theory and method of cybernetics and etc can overcome the insuffi ciency of every single style of governance in managing complex issues. Governance subject government is in hierarchical governance, market governance, and network governance, so government is the only one which can keep colliboration of governances. The key of environmental governance in China is the role defi nition of government. The governance style has its own cultural dimension. The practice of metagovernance must accord with home culture, to copy successful mode of other nation simply would hardly lead to success. At last, metagovernance may fail, too. We must face it correctly and respond positively.