- Resource System
- Watershed and associated topography
- Resource Units
- Subsistence agricultural crops (maize, beans, banana), timber, fodder and grass
The La Campa municipio community forests are located in the Department of Lempira, western Honduras. The community forests encompass an unknown geographical area that is characterized by a mountainous landscape, steep slopes and poor soils. The case study involves a snapshot in time from 1993 to 1998 and catalogues an action situation involving approximately 8,000 community members organized in an unknown number of households who depend on subsistence crops (maize, beans, banana), and rely on the community forests for firewood and to graze livestock. Timber and other forest products are the main stationary resource units.
The original case study authors focused on the influence of markets on social heterogeneity and inequity, as well as institutional performance. The case study has subsequently been used in comparative analyses regarding Ostrom's Design Principles (see bibliography).
Ratajczyk E, Arizona State University.
Brady U, Arizona State University.
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. 2010. A Review of Design Principles for Community-based Natural Resource Management. Ecology and Society. 15(4):38.
. 2016. Explaining success and failure in the commons: the configural nature of Ostrom’s institutional design principles. International Journal of the Commons. 10(2):417–439.