Globalization, population growth, and resource depletion are drawing                  increased attention to the importance of common resources such as forests, water                  resources, and fisheries. It is critical that these resources be governed in an                  equitable and sustainable way. The Commons in the New Millennium presents                  cutting-edge research in common property theory and provides an overview and                  progress report on common property research.The book analyzes new problems that                  owners, managers, policy makers, and analysts face in managing natural commons. It                  examines recent findings about the physical characteristics of the commons, their                  complexity and interconnectedness, and the role of social capital. It also provides                  empirical studies and suggestions for sustainable development. The topics discussed                  include the role of financial, political, and social capital in deforestation,                  community efforts to gain political influence in Indonesia, the Maine lobster                  industry, outcomes of the implementation of individual transferable quotas in New                  Zealand and Iceland fisheries, and design of multilateral emissions trading for                  regional air pollution and global warming.

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