Common property struggles in the management of communal rangelands in central Eastern Cape Province,South Africa

摘要：

Common pool grazing resources can be held and managed under a variety of different property systems ranging from genuine common property regimes (CPRs), where forage access and use is strictly controlled, to complete.open access., where a free‐for‐all scenario effectively prevails (Ostrom et al.1999).In South Africa there is poor understanding of the way these property rights are expressed in communal areas and the social, political and ecological factors which have shaped them.Overcoming this lack of understanding will be fundamental in developing effective institutional capacity and policies for the management of the commons at both the local and national level.Using the central Eastern Cape Province as a case study, this paper seeks to provide insight into the types of property regime in place for the management of common pool grazing resources and the key axes of struggle in their operation.

关键词： South Africa rangeland grazing common property

作者: James Bennett

作者单位: Department of Geography,Environment and Disaster Management,School of BES,Coventry University,Priory Street,Coventry,CV1 5FB,UK

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）