Measuring the potential for self-governance: An approach for the management of the common-pool resources

:This article aims to reflect about how can be managed the common pool resources oriented by principles of externalities and property. Thus, the guiding concepts for decision making regarding these two factors were those of the positive or negative externalities generated from the exploration, and the use of a good as well as the aspects related to the property of resources. Based on the understanding that resources can be categorized, as being rivals and / or excluders, and their consume generate externalities to other social actors in the present, as well as to their own possessors or potential users in the future. Therefore, based on the study of these relationships, a better decision-making process can be reached on the issues of ownership of access, and on management as to the preservation and use of common pool resources. Moreover, it is necessary to understand that every resource consumed promotes, at some point, positive or negative externalities to other individuals. In addition, the simple monetization of resources does not solve the problem of negative externalities. Therefore, based on the categorization of the property that has to be exercised, and the externalities, it is possible to understand how to manage a common pool resource. This situation helps to understand the exercise of control and usufruct of the common pools.

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Relevant factors for collective action in the common-pool resources context

Revista Pensamento Contemporâneo em Administração ◽

10.12712/rpca.v13i4.38389 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 52

Author(s):

Andréia Maria Kremer ◽

Rafael Todescato Cavalheiro ◽

Olivier François Vilpoux

Keyword(s):

Collective Action ◽

Common Pool Resources ◽

Common Pool ◽

The Common ◽

Relevant Factors

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Local perspectives on confronting water scarcity

Regions & Cohesion ◽

10.3167/reco.2019.090105 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 39-60

Author(s):

Alfonso Andrés Cortez-Lara ◽

José Luís Castro-Ruíz ◽

Vicente Sánchez-Munguía

Keyword(s):

Water Scarcity ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Common Pool Resources ◽

Institutional Factors ◽

Common Pool ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

The Social ◽

Local Actors ◽

The Common ◽

Local Perspectives

This study examines the social and institutional factors that determine whether local actors in the region take local and binational actions to manage scarce and highly contested water resources, focusing in the Mexican portion of the Colorado River. Based on the common pool resources and institutional approaches, the research project analyzes qualitative data from individual interviews with local key informants as well as official documents. The results reveal: (1) the variety of institutional behaviors, actions, and strategies implemented at the local and binational level; and (2) how complementary perspectives contribute to sustainable water management. The findings of the study contribute to the common pool resources literature by showing the importance of the actors’ collaboration to address water scarcity in a context of rapidly changing conditions.

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Impact of Commercial Floodplain Aquaculture on Common-pool Resource Dependent Community

Journal of Fisheries Science ◽

10.30564/jfsr.v3i2.3371 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Tanzina Nazia ◽

Afia Fahmida Daizy

Keyword(s):

Production Systems ◽

Common Pool Resources ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Small Scale ◽

Common Pool ◽

The Common ◽

The Rich ◽

Access Rights ◽

The Government ◽

Livelihood Resilience

Aquaculture in pond and floodplain was accelerated in Bangladesh in the 90s as a means of better production and income which was backed by the donor agencies, NGOs, and the government of Bangladesh. The commercial actors are involved in the aquaculture systems due to the availability of production technologies and inputs. As a result, fish production has been gone up but poorer households become marginalized due to the commercialization of the production systems and poor access rights to the common pool resources. This paper aims to explore how the commercialization and privatization of floodplain aquaculture become the cause of the sufferings of the resource-dependent people and biodiversity loss in the rich floodplains. Seasonal floodplains were an important source of livelihood for small-scale fishers (SSF), whose livelihood has been destroyed and affected their overall wellbeing. Influential people hold control of the common pool resources and restricted the access of the SSF to manage the aquaculture. So, a new group of poor has emerged and their sufferings also got worse. Together with growing inequalities, natural resource degradation is creating social vulnerabilities. However, no development initiative will ever be sustainable and entirely effective if the existing socio-ecological setting is not considered. Bangladesh government should take robust attempts to revisit fisheries policies to ensure livelihood resilience of fisheries resource-dependent community by managing the access rights of the common pool resources.

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