Links to Collective Action and NRM

Games and Cooperation

You have found the Prisoner's Dilemma. Play the game online (it's fun, and beguilingly simple…). What is your best strategy for 3 rounds? For 10? Did you find out what Serandip's strategy was? What can you conclude from all this?

Prisoners' Dilemma and Public Choice Theory by the Constitution Society of the USA. Good bibliography and links.

Game theory, by Janet Chen, Su-I Lu, and Dan Vekhter. Introduction to theory of the many variations of zero-sum and non-zero sum games, and practical examples of implications.

Game Theory Net. A resource for teachers and students. Here you can find games to play, quizzes and tests, news, links etc.

Cooperation by Bart Stewart. The application of games such as the prisoner's dilemma to cooperation.

NRM, Common Property and Collective Action

African Highlands Initiative: Empowering Communities to Regenerate Livelihoods and Landscapes. Excellent set of resources and dowloadable publications detailing R&D approaches and much practical experience in East Africa (see "archives").

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights. Links to projects, publications, etc.

The tragedy of the commons. Online article from the Constitution Society.

Common property forest resource management. Special Issue of unasylva (The International Journal of Forestry and Forest Industries from the FAO). Editorial and many good articles. Available in French and Spanish

Multiple Functions of Common Property Regimes, by Brent Swallow et al. Panel report summary presented at the 6th Annual Conference International Association for the Study of Common Property. Full report (pdf – 91 pages) available here.

Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Case Studies from the Sustainable Rural Development Information System. Lots of examples from many countries.