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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Dangbegnon, Constant |
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Conference:
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Voices from the Commons, the Sixth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Berkeley, CA |
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Conf. Date:
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June 5-8, 1996 |
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Date:
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1996 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/820
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Region:
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Africa |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
common pool resources
collective action
communication
information commons
conflict resolution
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Abstract:
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"This paper will tackle issues with a different perspective to explore the dynamic of stakeholders (potential resource users) as a starting point for the analysis of processes towards sustainably managed CPRs. Then, CPR use is a social activity, and effective management is best achieved by given a focused value for those who lived with them. This implies a great deal with indigenous knowledge. Reality is socially constructed through different processes of institutionalization and legitimation in a (rural) society. People have the capacity to process social experience with different representations or lifeworlds. An attempt to resolve CPRs degradation in human society requires multiple perspectives, in a context of many uncertainties which will be difficult to predict. Collective agency, which means that stakeholders come together for consensus formation, is required. Knowledge and group dynamics are important ingredients in this strategy....
"The paper will focus on a case study of a lake (Aheme lake) in Benin, the social construction of the lake: indigenous fishing techniques, property rights and resource use strategies; collective agency, conflicts over resources and impasse. Platform for CPR use will help to analyze the context and identify different barriers and opportunities for more sustainable resource use."
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