Incentive Systems That Support Sustainability: A First Nations Example

Incentive Systems That Support Sustainability: A First Nations Example

Prior to contact with European settlers, the incentive and governance systems used by First Nations peoples of the Northwest coast of North America provided more sustainable use of the fisheries and other resources of that region than did subsequent systems. This paper explores the major reason for...

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Main Author: Ronald L. Trosper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1998-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
incentive systems
ecological rationality
ecosystem management
sustainability
potlatch
First Nations
American Indians
common-pool resource
Northwest Coast fishery
property rights
watershed ecosystem.
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss2/art11/

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