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Effects of Land Privatisation on the Use of Common-pool Resources of Varying Mobility in the Argentine Chaco

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dc.contributor.author Altrichter, Mariana en_US
dc.contributor.author Basurto, Xavier en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:59:50Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:59:50Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-17 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-17 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3328
dc.description.abstract "During the last few decades there has been a strong tendency towards privatisation of land tenure to increase protection and sustainable use of natural resources. We assess this approach in the context of land privatisation in a dry region of the Argentine Chaco where low income peasants depend on multiple common-pool resources (CPRs) to survive and where most recently privatisation of land tenure has also included large absentee landowners. We hypothesise that the results of such policies depend in part on the mobility of the resources in question, and compare the harvesting practices of CPRs of varied mobility before and after the conversion of land to private property to assess the effects of privatisation. Wefound that privatisation by low income peasants increased control of access to stationary and low mobility CPRs but highly mobile species continued being used as open access and over-exploited. In contrast, the later privatisation of land by large absentee landowners is likely to pose serious threats to the conservation of the ecosystem in general, and to the ability of low income peasants to maintain their livelihoods in this region." en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject land tenure and use en_US
dc.subject privatization en_US
dc.subject property rights en_US
dc.subject wildlife en_US
dc.title Effects of Land Privatisation on the Use of Common-pool Resources of Varying Mobility in the Argentine Chaco en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.coverage.country Argentina en_US
dc.subject.sector Land Tenure & Use en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Conservation and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 6 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth October en_US
dc.submitter.email xbasurto@u.arizona.edu en_US


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