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The Ecosystem Service Value Of Coastal Wetlands For Cyclone Protection In Australia, Petina Pert, Robert Costanza, Iris Bohnet, James Butler, Ida Kubiszewski, Paul Sutton, Kenneth Mulder, E. (Erin) Bohensky
The Ecosystem Service Value Of Coastal Wetlands For Cyclone Protection In Australia, Petina Pert, Robert Costanza, Iris Bohnet, James Butler, Ida Kubiszewski, Paul Sutton, Kenneth Mulder, E. (Erin) Bohensky
Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations
Slides from a presentation given at an International Conference and Workshop, June 7-10, 2010, titled Solutions for Sustaining Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services.
Institutions For Managing Ecosystem Services, Jennifer H. Allen, Jenny Duvander, Ida Kubiszewski, Elinor Ostrom
Institutions For Managing Ecosystem Services, Jennifer H. Allen, Jenny Duvander, Ida Kubiszewski, Elinor Ostrom
Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations
Two decades of research into the management of what economists call common-pool resources suggests that, under the right conditions, local communities can manage shared resources sustainably and successfully. These revolutionary findings challenge the long-held belief in the "tragedy of the commons." Instead, we have found that tragedy is not inevitable when a shared resource is at stake, provided that people communicate. In many places—from Swiss pastures to Japanese forests—communities have come together for the sake of the environment and their own long-term well-being. Common-pool resources have two features: first, they are shared resources whose use by one person makes them …