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Yanesha Forest Cooperative, Palcazú valley, central Peru | Case |
| The Yanesha forest community is located in the Palcazú valley of central Peru. The case study involves a snapshot in time during which the Yanesha Forestry Cooperative (COFYAL) operated in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Timber and a variety of forest products are the main stationary resource units.In this case, the forest resources were being extracted for the generation of profits from commercial activities to be distributed to the community members and are not for subsistence activities.... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Thung Kao Hang, Lamphun province, northern Thailand (IV) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the case studies established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in one of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Silalaeng, Nan province, northern Thailand (I) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village ... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Ban Pae, Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand (II) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them community property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in one of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Ban Luang, Nan province, northern Thailand (III) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Water users association, Nishikanbara land improvement area, Niigata Prefecture, Japan | Case |
| The Nishikanbara Land Improvement area is located nearly in the middle of the coastal region of Niigata Prefecture. It is an elliptic zone, 15 km from east to west, and 35 km from south to north. The Nishikanbara LID, which was established by combining five existing water users associations in 1951, is one of Japan's largest water users associations. The LID covers five villages, five towns, and two cities. At present (1999), its total farming land area is 19,103 ha and the association members... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Water user association of the Fuente Palmera, Córdoba, Spain | Case |
| The Fuente y Palmera Irrigation association involves 5 municipalities (Fuente Palmera, Hornachuelos, Écija, Posadas, y Guadalcázar) in the Guadalquivir Basin, in Spain.The resource unit is surface water (mainly from Guadalquivir River). It encompasses a geographical area of 5,259 ha of irrigated land, divided in 79 groups of users. The case study spans from 1985 to 1997.The original case study authors focused on monitoring and institutional performance. The case study has subsequently... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Wannian River Restoration, Taiwan | Case |
| Wannian River Restoration case is part of the comparative urban river restoration analysis developed between 2019 to 2020 by Herlin Chien at United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability in Japan. The common pool resource system is the Wannian River (5.5 km) located in a medium sized city of Pingtung with 200,000 inhabitants. This case is most known as one of the best practices of urban river restoration program in Taiwan, undertaking several major river form,... | 21 Jul 2020 |
Village S irrigation system, Qiyi Irrigation District, Zhuolu county, Hebei province, China | Case |
| Village S irrigation system is located in the Qiyi Irrigation District, Zhuolu county, Hebei province, China. Its water supply is from Sanggan river delivered by local water agency through the main canals. This village committee managed system is a failure case, although this system exists more than 40 years. Its water fees collection rate keeps on only 40% and more than 50% delivered water is wasted due to the poor infrastructure. The main reason for its inefficiency management is because the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 6 community forest, Almora district, Uttarakhand, India | Case |
| The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district, India. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarakhand in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 6 is one of six villages located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 5 community forest, Almora district, Uttarakhand, India | Case |
| The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarakhand in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 5 is one of six villages located in the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 4 community forest, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India | Case |
| The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district, India. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarakhan in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 4 is one of six villages locaged in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 3 forest community, Almora district, India | Case |
| The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district, India. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarakhand in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 3 is one of six villages located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 2 forest community, Almora district, India | Case |
| The community forests disccused in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district, India. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarakhand in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 2 is one of six villages located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Village 1 forest community, Almora district, India | Case |
| The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle Himalayan ranges in Almora district, India. Almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the Uttarkhand in Uttar Pradesh. The analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. Village 1 is one of six villages located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |