Institutions for Managing Ecosystem Services

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8367
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Allen, Jennifer; DuVander, Jenny; Kubiszewski, Ida; Ostrom, Elinor
Journal:	Solutions
Volume:	2
Page(s):	44-48
Date:	2011
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8367
Sector:	General & Multiple Resources
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Subject(s):	ecosystems Workshop
Abstract:	"Two decades of research into the management of what economists call common-pool resources suggests that, under the right conditions, local communities can manage shared resources sustainably and successfully. These revolutionary findings challenge the long-held belief in the 'tragedy of the commons.' Instead, we have found that tragedy is not inevitable when a shared resource is at stake, provided that people communicate. In many places--from Swiss pastures to Japanese forests--communities have come together for the sake of the environment and their own long-term well-being."

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