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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Epstein, Graham; Pérez, Irene; Schoon, Michael; Meek, Chanda L. |
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Conference:
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Commoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihoods, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge, the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons |
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Location:
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Mt. Fuji, Japan |
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Conf. Date:
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June 3-7 |
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Date:
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2013 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9076
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Subject(s):
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social-ecological systems
common pool resources--theory
ozone layer
Montreal Protocol
IASC
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Abstract:
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"The Montreal Protocol is generally credited as a successful example of international cooperation
in response to a global environmental problem. As a result, the production and consumption of
ozone-depleting substances has declined rapidly, and it is expected that atmospheric ozone
concentrations will return to their normal ranges toward the end of this century. To explore the
Montreal Protocol, this paper expands on the commons literature, which focuses mostly on
small-scale appropriation problems and applies a similar logic to the matter of large-scale, in this
case global, externalities of production. In particular, we apply a social-ecological system
framework and common-pool resource theory more broadly to the governance of transboundary
pollution. The paper shows how the social and environmental settings that surrounded
negotiation of the ozone-depletion problem were particularly conducive to a successful
agreement, including a larger set of variables than those previously reported. Our results concur
with past studies that focus on the importance of variables such as a limited number of
producers, advances in scientific knowledge, and the availability of technological substitutes.
However, by applying the social-ecological system framework, we identify other factors of
importance that shifted the ozone case from an open-access tragedy to a successful example of
global collective action."
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