Search Results - "self-governance"

Self-governance and forest resources by Ostrom, E.

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Using games for social learning to promote self-governance by Janssen, Marco A., Falk, Thomas, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Vollan, Björn

“…Approaches are needed to stimulate self-governance, taking relational values into account. …”
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Water rights and legal pluralism: four contexts for negotiation by Bruns, Bryan Randolph, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This article looks at four contexts where negotiation, self‐governance and concepts of legal pluralism may help improve water resource management. …”
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Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge by Miller, D.C., Mansourian, S., Gabay, M., Hajjar, R., Jagger, P., Kamoto, J.F.M., Newton, P., Oldekop, J.A., Razafindratsima, O.H., Shyamsundar, P., Sunderland, T.C.H., Wildburger, C.

“…Key overarching policy implications of these findings include the need to integrate forests and trees more explicitly into land-use planning and poverty reduction programs, strengthen forest property rights, self-governance and technical skills of forest-reliant communities, and carefully tailor policy measures to the context in which they are implemented.…”
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Implementering av den Europeiska Landskapskonventionen i Sverige : att hantera verktyget i praktiken by Bjelkengren, Birgit

What do people bring into the game: experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons by Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo, Ostrom, Elinor

“…The use of economic experiments has enhanced the already diverse knowledge from theoretical and field sources of when and how groups can solve the problem through self-governing mechanisms. These studies have identified several factors that promote and limit collective action, associated with the nature of the production system that allows groups to benefit from a joint-access local ecosystem, and associated with the institutional incentives and constraints from both self-governed and externally imposed rules. …”
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Decentralised agrobiodiversity conservation: A multi stakeholder participatory experiment by Suma T.R., Radha E., Santhosh K.K., Joseph, Jayesh P., N. Anilkumar, N.

“…This study narrates the learning experiences of a 3-year participatory project – Networking traditional farmers and local self-governments for agro-biodiversity conservation and Wayanad community seed festival – implemented with local communities and local governments. …”
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Trust, hope, and collective action in fragile political settings: a qualitative comparative analysis of water user groups in Tunisia by Bhalla, S., Garrick, D., McDermott, C. L.

“…Collective action theory acknowledges that self-governing institutional arrangements, such as water user groups, can successfully develop strategies to address natural resource problems. …”
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Benefits and shortcomings of decentralised forest management in Burkina Faso by Bouda, Z.H.N., Tiveau, D., Savadogo, P., Ouédraogo, B.

“…In Burkina Faso, the government has embarked on a long-term decentralization effort that groups rural villages into self-governing communes with the capacity to plan their own development programs. …”
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Socioeconomic assessment of producing biogas from fish waste : a cost benefit analysis applied on the fish farming industry on Åland by Bergqvist, Julia

“…Developing more advanced biofuels, biofuels that are made from residues or waste, could create multiple environmental advantages and make exploitation of resources more effective and sustainable. Åland, the self-governing island between Sweden and Finland, is a small economy with an essential fish industry. …”

Christiania – en studie av områdets värden som alternativt samhälle by Ahlberg, Emilia

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Utvärdering av nya affärsområden för Luna by Norlén, Mats

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