Governing the Commons for two decades: A complex story

Berge, Erling; Laerhoven, Frank van

doi:10.18352/bmgn-lchr.325

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“…Governance in essence is about solving collective action dilemmas (see Olson, 1965). It is recognized in the literature that this, in broad strokes, can be done through government regulation, privatization or self-governance arrangements Berge and Van Laerhoven, 2011). Therefore, we primarily design our framework according to the roles of and relations between the state, the market and civil society.…”

Section: Modes Of Governancementioning

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Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands

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In the last decade, many authors have observed shifts from government to governance in the environmental policy domain. However, a clear conceptual framework to differentiate between modes of environmental governance is lacking and our understanding of when, how and why environmental governance changes from one mode to another is limited. In this paper we propose such a framework and we illustrate its usefulness by applying it to two environmental policy sectors in the Netherlands: urban environmental policy and policy regarding sustainable production and consumption. We show how the application of our framework leads to detailed, replicable and comparable claims about character and intensity of shifts in environmental governance. From this analysis, we conclude that character and intensity of shifts in environmental governance vary significantly. Furthermore, we show that modes of governance build on rather than completely replace one another. Finally, we point to a number of possible explanations for shifts in environmental governance, recognized in literature and in practice. We conclude with some suggestions for further research. Copyright• first, improving the performance of the regulatory approach and its enforcement; • second, extending the application of economic incentives such as eco-taxes, and • third, stimulating business sectors to take responsibility, relying on voluntary agreements combined with financial support promoting innovation and diffusion (see Keijzers, 2000;Vermeulen, 2002).

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Section: Modes Of Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands

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“…Natural resource policies are invariably complicated or as some argue "wicked" (McCool and Guthrie 2001). The intersections of social, economic, and ecological concerns are complex, to say nothing of the troubles introduced when individuals and groups share common resources (Hardin 1968;Berge and van Laerhoven 2011). Moreover, stakeholders do not always have the capacity to help solve problems that have physical, biological, and social dimensions (Hall and Lazarus 2015;Bozeman 2007).…”

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Water Resource Policies in Montana: Interactive Roles for Undergraduates

Gilbertz¹

2016

CUR Quarterly

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In 2013, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) launched a two-year project to update the state's water plan. State officials convened basin-specific citizen councils, and they organized forums at which issues of water management could be brought forward by the public. Based on this input, each basin council was charged with developing specific water-policy recommendations in the form of basin water plans that would inform a comprehensive State Water Plan. In the case of the Yellowstone Basin Advisory Council (YBAC), officials at Montana State University Billings negotiated a contract with the naturalresources department allowing a designated team to provide support for the various activities of the YBAC. One stipulation of the contract was that undergraduates could be involved as members of the support team and have access to all meetings held by the YBAC, including deliberative meetings at which policy recommendations were formulated. Seven students were involved at various stages of the two-year process. Three students participated as reliable, dedicated, and indefatigable support-team members; their contributions to the YBAC effort evolved over the course of 18 meetings. Their contributions can be summarized as: (1) community builders; (2) process facilitators; (3) process moderators; (4) "soft" policy critics; and (5) "soft" policy encouragers. This article explores those contributions as elements of policy development and explains the potential for specific learning outcomes.

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“…Ostrom's list of ''design principles'' has ever since remained a baseline for much subsequent research, which often has confirmed their validity (e.g., Morrow and Hull 1996;Sarker and Itoh 2001;Quinn et al 2007;Zabel and Holm-Müller 2008;Castello et al 2009;Berge and Van Laerhoven 2011). Cox et al (2010) analyzed no less than 91 recent case studies, including irrigation systems, groundwater basins, and fisheries, as well as many cases of forest management, and this resulted in only very minor modifications of the original design principles formulated two decades earlier.…”

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Changing and partially successful local institutions for harvest of thatch palm leaves

Sirén

2017

Ambio

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In some cases, users of common-pool resources (CPR) successfully govern and manage these for collective benefit but in other cases they fail to do so. When evaluating the success of local institutions for CPR management, however, researchers have not always clearly distinguished between success in terms of compliance and endurance, and success in terms of the socio-economic and environmental outcomes of the management. This study focused on the governance and management of wayuri palms (Pholidostachys synanthera robusta), whose leaves are harvested for roof thatch, in Ecuadorian Amazonia. Combining ethnographic methods with field botanic inventory, it was shown that although local institutions regulating leaf harvest had existed for longer than living memory, and the degree of compliance was high, they did not prevent exhaustion of the resource base, only delayed it.

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Governing the Commons for two decades: A complex story

Cited by 11 publications

References 58 publications

Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands

Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands

Water Resource Policies in Montana: Interactive Roles for Undergraduates

Changing and partially successful local institutions for harvest of thatch palm leaves

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