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Does Tenure Matter to Resource Management? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala

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openalex:w2411937293
Authors
Clark C. Gibson · Fabrice Lehoucq · Williams, John T.
Reported year
1999
Reported language
en
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report
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Indiana University · Indiana University Bloomington

Documentary abstract — original language

"Property rights are central to debates about natural resource policy. Governments traditionally have been seen as the appropriate custodians of natural resources for their citizens. More recently, many argue the privatization of rights will ensure that users have incentives to manage their resources well. Common property, to the extent it is discussed at all, is seen as leading to the tragedy of the commons. We evaluate these claims by assessing property rights and forest conditions in two private and three communal forests in Guatemala. Using measures of social and biological phenomena, we find that de jure property rights are not a powerful predictor of variations among these forests. Instead, we argue de facto institutions and their enforcement are much more important to forest management. Communities holding a forest in common can, under certain circumstances, create institutions to that manage their resources--or more--successfully than private owners."

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GT
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Clark C. Gibson; Fabrice Lehoucq; Williams, John T.. Does Tenure Matter to Resource Management? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala. 1999. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cccc422951fa20aec69c1fdf1e4e8e40/

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Clark C. Gibson; Fabrice Lehoucq; Williams, John T.. (1999). Does Tenure Matter to Resource Management? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cccc422951fa20aec69c1fdf1e4e8e40/
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Clark C. Gibson; Fabrice Lehoucq; Williams, John T.. Does Tenure Matter to Resource Management? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala. 1999. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cccc422951fa20aec69c1fdf1e4e8e40/
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Clark C. Gibson; Fabrice Lehoucq; Williams, John T.. Does Tenure Matter to Resource Management? Property Rights and Forests in Guatemala. 1999. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cccc422951fa20aec69c1fdf1e4e8e40/

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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

Clark C. Gibson

Fabrice Lehoucq

Williams, John T.

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Discovery source · http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4364

Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W2411937293

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