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There follows a list of case studies in the SES Library.
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Sabi Sand Game Preserve, South Africa | Case |
| This case was part of a study to determine whether the institutional design principles of Ostrom were, in fact, related to "governance success" by Cox et al. In that analysis, this case was classified as a success. | 09 Aug 2016 |
Saebah communal irrigation system | Case |
| The Saebah communal system of irrigation was studied in the Cemplang village of West Java in Indonesia. The resource appropriated from Saebah Communal System is water for irrigation. The irrigation system comprises canals that deliver water from a river for irrigation. The study examines the impact of national subsidies on the rehabilitation of two small-scale river-diversion irrigation systems in Indonesia. Subsidies were substantial inducements to the mobilization of local resources, and high... | 09 Aug 2016 |
San Martin Ocotlán community forest management, Oaxaca, Mexico | Case |
| The San Martin Ocotlán forest community encompasses a total of six settlements located in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, of which San Martin Ocotlán is the largest. The community has de jure rights to 13,000 ha of common property pine and oak forests. The case study involves a time period from approximately 1958 to the mid to late 1990s and catalogues an action situation involving approximately 3,300 residents organized in circa 600 households, who supplement their subsistence maize farming... | 09 Aug 2016 |
San Pedro Fishery, Belize | Case |
| San Pedro, Belize is an island village of approximately 1,200 residents in 1979. Located off the coast of Belize in a strategic place on Ambergris Cay it is close to abundant local fishing and has easy access to nearby commercial markets (Belize city, Corozal, and Chetumal). The fishing cooperative, Caribena Cooperative Limited, was San Pedro’s official fishing organization handling capture, processing and sale of the village’s primary resource: marine produce consisting of... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Sananeri Tank irrigation system, India | Case |
| The resource appropriated from Sananeri Tank is water for irrigation. The resource discussed in this study includes a tank and the channels that divert water to the field. The author shows that nonformal local cultivators associations make an important contribution to the overall performance of the irrigation system, even where government agencies are formally responsible for irrigation. Such organizations mobilize local resources in various tasks, including inspection and repair of physical... | 09 Aug 2016 |
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Semi-urban sokshing, Bhutan (II) | Case |
| Following the introduction of the Forest Act of 1969 and the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of 1995, the forests of Bhutan are owned and managed by the state, and are legally classified as "Government Reserve Forest". One of two major forest-related indigenous land-use strategies is sokshing [registered leat letter forests] that is defined as "a part of the Government Reserve Forest registered in the name of an individual and matained aside for collection for leaf litters required for... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Shellfish, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands | Case |
| The Wadden Sea is a network of tidal channels, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes and dune islands covering approximately 9000 km2 located at the northwest corner of the Netherlands along the North Sea and extending east along the coast of Germany and then north to Esbjerg in Denmark. The Wadden Sea is considered Europe’s largest wetland ecosystem and is also one of the largest in the world, providing high biomass production and habitat for birds, sea mammals, fish species and shellfish. The... | 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, ricefields 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... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Silean Banua irrigation system, Lintong ni Huta, Balige subdistrict, Indonesia | Case |
| Silean Banua Irrigation system is located in Lintong ni Huta, The subdistrict of Balige in Indonesia.The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation The original case was reported in 1979 and catalogues an action situation involving 38 members. The author uses this case to challenge Bennett's (1976) proposition that traditional societies lack the capacity for cooperation, social mobilization, financing, and engineering expertise to construct large irrigation... | 09 Aug 2016 |