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quintana roo-scalefish, eastern yucatan peninsula, mexico | Case |
the quintana roo fishery is located on the eastern side of the yucatan peninsula in mexico. the nearly 900 km of coastline includes all of mexico's caribbean shore. the boundary of the quintana roo fisheries is defined institutionally by the mexican government. the resource harvested is scalefish . unlike the other resource users harvesting from this fishery, scalefish harvesters are not organized by a co-op or firm. this case was part of the original cpr database developed in the 1980s... | 09 Aug 2016 |
quintana roo lobster fishery, yucatan peninsula, mexico | Case |
the quintana roo lobster fisheries are located on the eastern (caribbean) side of the yucatan peninsula in mexico and stretch along the nearly 900 km of coastline from the border with belize in the south to the gulf of mexico in the north. the original case study divides the fishery into three regions: north, central and south and is based on fieldwork conducted from mid-1978 to mid-1980. it catalogues an action situation involving approx. 643 cooperative fishermen; lobster is the stationary... | 09 Aug 2016 |
farquhar beach, clarendon, jamaica | Case |
farquhar beach is located in clarendon, jamaica. the resource appropriated from farquhar beach is demersal fish. fishers use the "first in time, first in right" strategy for determining who has access to choice fishing spots within the grounds. all land and the beach area where fishing takes place is owned by a single owner and fishermen pay a fee for using the beach. the single landowner determines access to the resource by deciding who can live and fish at farquhar beach. this case... | 09 Aug 2016 |
munglori "turf" (forest territory) management, india | Case |
munglori is a village in uttaranchal, india. the resource appropriated from munglori turf management is fodder. there is a system of informal, locally recognized rules which are respected in and across villages and through which the local oak forests are managed. these rules supersede national laws and result in a reasonable level of forest management. both institutional and geographical factors affect the boundary of the resource. from the standpoint of social-ecological systems analysis,... | 09 Aug 2016 |
parwara van panchayat forest | Case |
parwara is located in the nainital district of uttarakhand, india and forests comprise broad-leaved species such as oak. resources appropriated from the parwara forests are timber, grass, and leaves. the authors vishwa ballabh and katar singh, first visited parwara in 1988 to evaluate the factors that enabled collective action by the panchayat. based on the initial assessment from a social-ecological sytems (ses) perspective in 1988, the panchayat was considered successful in managing the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the amphoe choke chai water user association, isan region, northeastern thailand | Case |
the resource appropriated from a chaek in amphoe choke chai is water for irrigation. the lam pra plerng irrigation project was constructed by thailand's royal irrigation department, which organized four water user associations (wuas) in the project area. each wua is divided into ", chaeks, " (a, chaek, is an area served by a common farm turn-out). one or two common irrigators serve each, chaek, . the common irrigator is paid by the rid and is responsible for arranging water... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the kaset samakee water user association, isan region, northeastern thailand | Case |
the kaset samkee water user association is a part of the the lam pra plerng irrigation project, constructed by thailand's royal irrigation department (rid). rid organized four water user associations (wuas) in the project area that are then divided into "chaeks" (a chaek is an area served by a common farm-turn-out). the common irrigator is paid by the rid and is responsible for arranging water distribution and maintenance schedules in the chaek. farmers in the area of the kaset... | 09 Aug 2016 |
tanowong bwasao irrigation | Case |
the case study of tanowong bwasao irrigation is located in the mountain province of philippines. the resource appropriated is water for irrigation from tanowong traditional irrigation system. prior to 1954, the tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. as the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the bwasao stream, to their fields. since the project was... | 09 Aug 2016 |
irrigation watercourse, "area one", pakistan | Case |
the resource appropriated from this watercourse in area one (actual names of communities were removed in the case study) is water for irrigation. area one is a large irrigation system managed by a government bureaucracy. there are no formal organizations at the watercourse level, though informal arrangements exist in all watercourses for mobilizing farmers to carry out maintenance on a communal basis. the system as a whole is not managed effectively. there are over 5000 total appropriator teams... | 09 Aug 2016 |
a tailend watercourse in "area two", india | Case |
the resource appropriated from a tailend watercourse in area two is water for irrigation to farmlands. the resource discussed in this study is a watercourse located in the tail-end part of a large irrigation system. area two is a large irrigation system managed by a government agency. there are neither users' organizations nor effective rules governing water rotation at the watercourse level. great inequalities exist between head-end and tail-end farmers. this case study is part of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
chiangmai irrigation system, chiangmai villages two and one, chiangmai province, thailand | Case |
this case was part of the original cpr database developed in the 1980s by edella schlager and shui yan tang at indiana university. the resource appropriated from the chiangmai irrigation system is water. the head of the irrigation system has two assistant heads, with whom he consults on crucial matters concerning the system. there is a second level of leadership which consists of the heads of each major canal. at the third level of leadership are the village irrigation headmen, who are in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
agcuyo irrigation system, barrio samoki, bontoc municipality, philippines. | Case |
the case of the agcuyo irrigation system is located in the barrio samoki 4 km east of bontoc municipality, mountain province, philippines. the resource appropriated is water for irrigation. the system serves an area of 9 hectares cultivated by 50 farmers. at the beginning of the study period, there was a moderately abundant supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available. there was no formal organization or leaders. however, farmers did cooperate... | 09 Aug 2016 |
silag-butir irrigation system, barrios pacang, silag, butir, and cabaruan, ilocos sur, philippines | Case |
in the case of the silag-butir irrigation system, r icefields are located in the adjoining barrios of silag, butir, pacang and cabaruan (between 1.5 km and 4 km off santa maria municipality) in the ilocos sur province in the philippines. the resource appropriated is water for irrigation. the system serves an area of 115 hectares cultivated by 201-500 total appropriator teams during wet season and 38 hectares during dry season. at the beginning of the period, there was a moderate shortage of... | 09 Aug 2016 |
kheri irrigation system, sonjo village, ngorongoro district, tanzania | Case |
the case of kheri irrigation takes place in sonjo village of kheri and its adjacent farmlands with in the ngorongoro district of the arusah region in tanzania. the resource appropriated is water flowing from a stream, three springs, furrows, and sluices that supply water for irrigation and domestic uses . the boundaries of the location are defined by the village settlement and the land owned by the village people. there are a total of 101-200 formally organized appropriator teams. after gray... | 09 Aug 2016 |
chherlung thulo kulo irrigation system, baugha gumha panchayat, palpa district, southern nepal | Case |
the the resource appropriated from chherlung thulo kulo irrigation is water for irrigation as well as for domestic use in the village of baugha gumha panchayat in palpa district in the lumbini zone of southern nepal, 10 km . regarding the use of the irrigation system, there were few adverse affects throughout the entire period in the relationships among appropriation processes. this case study is part of the original common-pool resource (cpr) database. a summary of the original cpr coding... | 09 Aug 2016 |