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Lakes Entrance Scallop Fishery | Case |
| The Lakes Entrance scallop fishery is located in Bass Strait outside the city of Lakes Entrance in eastern Victoria, Australia and as far south as Tasmania in depths of 10-30 fathoms . The original case, which was published in 1982, catalogs the management of both Lakes Entrance and nearby Port Phillip Bay fisheries following a decline in scallop stocks in the early 1970s. The shared resources relevant to the commons dilemma faced by the community include scallop stocks and their productivity (... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Land-cover and Forest in Nepal (I) | Case |
| Between 1978 and 1992 dramatic forest conversion occurred in two adjacent sub-basins of the Kair Khola watershed in the Chitwan District of Nepal. However, the form of conversion differed significantly. In the Kair sub-basin dense forest was most often converted to maize-based agriculture, while in the Shakti sub-basin dense forest most often became degraded forest. This study undertook a village-level investigation of forest governance to determine whether community and institutional... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Land-cover and Forest in Nepal (II) | Case |
| Between 1978 and 1992 dramatic forest conversion occurred in two adjacent sub-basins of the Kair Khola watershed in the Chitwan District of Nepal. However, the form of conversion differed significantly. In the Kair sub-basin dense forest was most often converted to maize-based agriculture, while in the Shakti sub-basin dense forest most often became degraded forest. This study undertook a village-level investigation of forest governance to determine whether community and institutional... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Laoag-Vintar government irrigation system, Laoag City and Vintar municipality, Ilocos Norte, Philippines | Case |
| The Laoag-Vintar Irrigation System (LVIS), a government-owned system, serves the areas of Laoag City and the municipality of Vintar in Ilocos Norte, Philippiness. It is bounded by the Vintar-Bacarra River in the north, hills on the east, Laoag River on the south, and the China Sea on the west. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation serving about 2400 ha in the rainy season and 1200 ha during the dry season. There are 2501-5000 total appropriator teams. At the beginning of the period... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Las Cebollas protective forest, Quezaltepeque municipality, western Guatemala | Case |
| Las Cebollasforest community is located in the municipality of Quezaltepeque, in western Guatemala. It encompasses a geographical area of 1850 ha of land much of it on slopes of about 1500m. The case study involves a snapshot in time in 1998 and catalogues an action situation involving 43 households which are dependent on the forest for three main purposes: 1) extraction of ocote, or resinous pine, for kindling, 2) extractions of firewood, oak varieties being preferred because they... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Loma Alta community forest, western Equador | Case |
| This paper provides an explanation for the lack of institutions regulating the Loma Alta Forest. The community has not yet created any rules regarding forest use. The members of the community with the biggest economic stake in the forest have no reason to limit their exploitative practices, and thus little demand exists for forest regulation at the local level. The Loma Alta Forest is in danger of being more severely degraded in the near future because of the lack of forestry institutions.... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Lothar farmer-managed irrigation system, Chitwan district, Nepal | Case |
| Lothar is a farmer-managed irrigation system in the Chitwan district, about 30 kilometres east of the city of Bharatpur in Nepal. The resource unit is water for irrigation. The system comprises of a main canal, an approach canal, six branch canals, and field channels. Individual farmers are responsible for maintaining field channels and tertiary canals. During the time of the original case, which spans from 1985 to 1986, there was no history of conflicts in the irrigation system. This case... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico | Case |
| Marine protected areas remain as one of the most popular tools for the conservation and management of natural resources in marine ecosystems. However, mere establishment of MPAs without the proper design, management, or enforcement tools may give a false sense of security that such MPAs will be enough to sustain marine resources. The Gulf of California (GOC), in Mexico, has received a great deal of attention over the past 20 years as a region where conservation and resource management efforts... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Maritime Extractive Reserve (MER) and Traditional Beach Seining in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil | Case |
| The Arraial do Cabo Marine Extractive Reserve (MER) and fishing community is located on a cape that extends approximately 40 km into the ocean about 164 km east of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The MER encompasses a total marine area of approximately 57 ha which is utilized by seiners/fishermen from four different beaches. The case study involves a time period which predates the 1960s and ends approximately in the early 2000s and draws on informal and semi-structured interviews with... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Mathematical Models in Social Ecological Systems | Case |
| This case is an umbrella to capture a range of models of ecological, social, social-ecological, and other natural systems (e.g. climate). In addition, there are several models whose main purpose is to demonstrate model visualization features related to a number of famous mathematical models including the Lorenz Model, the discrete logistic, and predator prey models. The Lorenz Model, probably the most famous of all simple models, is the first ever model of a chaotic dynamical system.... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Matsigenka agriculture, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru | Case |
| Arable land among the Matsigenka is a public good (Ostrom 2005: 24). At base the Matsigenka do not have institutions that regulate who can access arable land. Anyone who has been incorporated into a community has the right to access arable land. The only requirement before opening up a new field is that people must state their intent. This practice decreases the probability of clearing a plot of land that someone else was planning to clear. In short, use of arable land does not affect the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Mauraro irrigation system, Mauraro barrio, Albay province, Philippines | Case |
| Mauraro Irrigation system is located in Albay in Philippines. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation distributed through a canal. The original case was reported in 1980 and catalogues an action situation involving 26 farmers. In the Mauraro Irrigation System, nobody in particular is responsible for the allocation and distribution of water. The cleaning and repair of the system's structures are the responsibility of each and every farmer. But the farmer... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Messolonghi-Etolico Lagoon Fishery | Case |
| The Messolonghi-Etolico lagoon is in the northern part of Patraikos Gulf, on the west coast of central Greece. The original case, which was published in 1984, catalogues an action situation with approximately 200 independent fishermen and 170 fishermen in 11 co-ops. The resource units are mullets, sea-bream, eel, and sea-bass. The co-ops feel the independents are free-riders on co-op efforts to trap fish; independents resent the co-ops' privileges, power, and subterfuges to restrict membership... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Na Pae and Muang Mai Irrigation Systems, Ban Pae Luang, Thailand | Case |
| The Na Pae Irrigation System is located in the village of Ban Pae Luang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation diverted through canals from Mae Pae River. The original case was reported in 1983 and catalogues an action situation involving 80 members. At the beginning of the period discussed by the authors, there was a balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nabagram irrigation system, Comilla district, Bangladesh | Case |
| The Nabagram Irrigation System is located in Comilla District in Bangladesh. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated by a tube well The original case was reported in 1979 and catalogues an action situation involving 50 families. Nabagram improved its efficiency and technology largely through mobilization of locally provided and controlled resources, developing only limited dependency on a government agency.This case study is part of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |