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- The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations
- The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Revisiting the Origins and Evolution of Commons Thought
- Part II Averting New Tragedies
- Part III New Forms of Contested Commons
- Part IV Urban Landscape and Infrastructure as a Commons
- Part V Reassessing Old and New Institutions for Collective Action
- Part VI Managing and Restoring the Commons
- 17 Management of Facilitated Common Pool Resources in India
- 18 Social Environmental Dilemmas and Governing the Commons
- 19 Social Trust, Informal Institutions and Community-Based Wildlife Management in Namibia and Tanzania
- 20 Restoring the Commons
- Part VII Law, Legal Theory, and the Commons
- Part VIII Technology, the Internet, and the Future of Commons Governance
- Index
18 - Social Environmental Dilemmas and Governing the Commons
The Itanhém River Basin in Southern Bahia, Brazil
from Part VI - Managing and Restoring the Commons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations
- The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Revisiting the Origins and Evolution of Commons Thought
- Part II Averting New Tragedies
- Part III New Forms of Contested Commons
- Part IV Urban Landscape and Infrastructure as a Commons
- Part V Reassessing Old and New Institutions for Collective Action
- Part VI Managing and Restoring the Commons
- 17 Management of Facilitated Common Pool Resources in India
- 18 Social Environmental Dilemmas and Governing the Commons
- 19 Social Trust, Informal Institutions and Community-Based Wildlife Management in Namibia and Tanzania
- 20 Restoring the Commons
- Part VII Law, Legal Theory, and the Commons
- Part VIII Technology, the Internet, and the Future of Commons Governance
- Index
Summary
The paper investigates the Peruípe, Itanhém, and Jucuruçu River Basin Committee (CBHPIJ), located at the Southern end of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The aim is to comprehend the factors and conditions that impede the effective operation of the Committee. Theoretically, the study follows the Institutional Analysis Development – Social Ecological System framework (IAD-SES) built by Ostrom (1990, 2009), which presents eight design principles representing an ideal type of analysis of relations between society, economy, and environment. This model allows the comparison between reality and the ideal-type and, thus, the comprehension of difficulties faced by the CBHPIJ. Fourteen members of the management system and 10 water users were interviewed. The research findings reveal that the committee lacks recognition from users and that everyone needs to recognize limits and biophysical conditions, enforce rules with equity, and respect the heterogeneity of the community involved according to their various narratives.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations , pp. 216 - 225Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021