Essays about: "common-pool resource"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 37 essays containing the words common-pool resource.

  1. 26. Assessing the impact of new Individual Vessel Quota legislation on the sustainability of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Falco Mueller-Fischler; [2013]
    Keywords : anchoveta; Peru; El Niño; common-pool resources; access theory; fisheries management; fisheries policy; industrial fishing; forage fish; fishmeal; total allowable catch; individual vessel quota; rights-based management; Humboldt Current System; anchoveta; Perú; Decreto Legislativo 1084; El Niño; recursos de propiedad común; teoría del acceso; gestión de pesquería; política pesquera; pesca industrial; harina de pescado; derechos de pesca; límite máximo de captura por embarcación; Corriente de Humboldt;

    Abstract : The Peruvian anchoveta fishery was for nearly 60 years characterized by the unsustainable dynamics of open access resource pools. This thesis investigates whether the 2009 Peruvian Legislative Decree 1084 on Individual Vessel Quotas (IVQ's) is an effective response to the industrial overcapacity and race-to-fish problems that threatened the environment before its implementation. READ MORE

  2. 27. Ekonomiska effekter för verkställande av överenskommelser i samråd : en analys av gemensamt nyttjande av skogsmark mellan skogs- och rennäring i norra Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Mikael Palm; [2013]
    Keywords : Rennäring; Samråd; Lav skogsbruk; Skogsnäring; Skogsskötsel; Gödsling; Avverkning; Contorta;

    Abstract : Lavbetesland, med resursen lav i fokus, kan precis som fiskevatten i havet beskrivas som en gemensam resurs, så kallad common pool resources (CPR). Att effektivisera nyttjandet av en CPR leder till att fler kan ta del av den eller att varje part får ut ett högre värde från den. READ MORE

  3. 28. One last bite : the potential for local seafood markets in Sweden : consumers as resource users

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dana Gilliland; [2013]
    Keywords : fisheries; consumers; common-pool resources; community-supported fisheries; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the past 30 to 40 years comprehensive fishery policies and certification schemes have attempted to halt the rapid decline and exploitation of commercial fish stocks. However, with seafood as one of the most globalized food commodities and the world’s population increasing exponentially, most commercial stocks are thought to be on the brink of collapse. READ MORE

  4. 29. The Integration of Altruistic Motives and Crowding-Out into Policy Making for Regenerative Common Pool Resource Use Dilemmas

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Laura Lyhs; [2012-07-25]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : As behavioral economics has become an important input to economic theory in the recent past, when considering public good provision and common pool resource management, it is a logical consequence to include it into policy making and mechanism design for these scenarios, as well. This paper looks at the introduction of an optimal voluntary incentive mechanism to a scenario in which a regulator attempts the governance of a regenerative common pool resource. READ MORE

  5. 30. The Applicability of Individual Transferable Quotas for the Fisheries of Lake Victoria

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Björn Wallenberg; [2012]
    Keywords : ITQs; Common-pool resources; Overfishing; Lake Victoria;

    Abstract : Their common-pool resource characteristics make fish stocks susceptible to overexploitation. Lake Victoria, the largest inland fishery in Africa, has seen dwindling fish stocks and profits in recent years. Entry to Lake Victoria is unrestricted and regulation is instead characterized by restriction on gears and fishing periods. READ MORE