Oldekop, JA, Bebbington, AJ, Truelove, NK et al. (3 more authors) (2012) Environmental Impacts and Scarcity Perception Influence Local Institutions in Indigenous Amazonian Kichwa Communities. Human Ecology, 40 (1). 101 - 115. ISSN 0300-7839
Abstract
Much of the literature on common-pool resources has focused on elucidating the social mechanisms and local institutions that lead to the regulation of common-pool resources. There is much less information about how management regimes translate into environmental impacts or how environmental impacts influence the emergence of management decisions. We use quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the link between forest condition, agricultural change and the emergence of common-pool resource management regimes in two indigenous Kichwa communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. We show that forest condition is linked to agricultural production and that the perception of common-pool resource scarcity influences the emergence of management regimes. We argue that population pressure, market forces and resource scarcity, which are usually associated with measures of agricultural change can also promote the emergence of common-pool resource management regimes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Kichwa; Common pool resources; Institutions; Biodiversity; Ecuador |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2013 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9455-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10745-011-9455-2 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76971 |