Policy Matters
IUCN CommIssIoN oN ENvIroNmENtal, ECoNomIC aNd soCIal PolICy
IssUE 19 – aPrIl 2014
Remembering
Elinor Ostrom
HEr Work aNd Its
CoNtrIbUtIoN to tHE
tHEory aNd PraCtICE
of CoNsErvatIoN aNd
sUstaINablE NatUral
rEsoUrCE maNagEmENt
Edited by:
James P. Robson
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Alyne Delaney
Gabriela Lichtenstein
Lapologang Magole
Aroha Te Pareake Mead
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POLICY MATTERS 2014: REMEMBERING ELINOR OSTROM
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Table of Contents
5
Preface
7
Introduction
11
CHAPTER ONE
Governing India’s Commons: The Influence of Elinor Ostrom’s Ideas
Harini Nagendra, Rucha Ghate, Jagdeesh Rao
23
CHAPTER TWO
The Impact of Elinor Ostrom’s Scholarship on Commons Governance in Mexico:
An Overview
Raul Pacheco-Vega
35
CHAPTER THREE
Rompiendo paradigmas: Gobernanza de los bienes comunes y ciudadanía
en las
políticas forestal y de conservación Mexicanas
Leticia Merino Pérez
47
CHAPTER FOUR
An Assessment of Community Management of Traditional Woodland Enclosures
(Hiza’ti) in the Highlands of Eritrea
Bereket Tsehaye Haile
57
CHAPTER FIVE
Governing the Commons Through Customary Law Systems of Water Governance:
The Case of the Marakwet
Elizabeth Gachenga
69
CHAPTER SIX
Researching Complex Governance Arrangements: Elinor Ostrom’s
Legacy for
Research Methods and the Analysis of Institutional Design
Derek Kauneckis
79
CHAPTER SEVEN
Advancing Algonquin Recognition and Participation in Forest Management
in Québec, Canada
Rosanne Van Schie
91
CHAPTER EIGHT
From Theory to Practice: A Decade
of Co-managing Pasture and
Other Natural Resources in Mongolia
Hijaba Ykhanbai and Ronnie Vernooy
103
CHAPTER NINE
Recognition of the Role of Collective Action among Indigenous Peoples and Local
Communities in the Convention on Biological Diversity
Diego Pacheco
111
CHAPTER TEN
Are Ostrom’s Design Principles Sufficient for Design?
Arun Agrawal and Jesse Ribot
117
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Un son para Lin Ostrom
Caña Dulce y Caña Brava