Ashwini Chhatre
Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Common Property, Market Value, and Collective Enterprises in Natural Resource Management
The project compares the performance of household and collective enterprise strategies in meeting the twin objectives of livelihoods and sustainable management of natural resources. The research will generate insights into the role of enterprise-based strategies in reconciling conservation and development objectives, as well as the conditions and factors favoring a collective strategy for rural enterprises over one based on individual households.
Through a comparative analysis of four case studies of common property resources in India, the proposed research will explore the relationship between market value of natural resources and particular enterprise strategies in meeting the twin objectives of rural income generation and sustainable management of natural resources. The findings from the comparative analysis will provide insights into the role of markets in community-based natural resource management, and will speak to the growing literature on market-based mechanisms and instruments in decentralized natural resource management. |
