| Mountain Commons： Changing Space and Status at Community Levels in the Himalayas |
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| 作者姓名： | Narpat S. JODHA |
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| 作者单位： | International Centre |
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| 摘 要： | This paper deals with the imperatives of nature-society interaction in the Himalayas as seen through CPR (Common Property Resources). It specifically looks at the process and factors that characterize the dynamics of the above interactions, with particular reference to the changing status and governance of CPRs at community levels. The paper puts together the synthesis of observations and inferences of different studies by ICIMOD and others in mountain regions, particularly in different parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan. Rural CPRs (providing sustenance supplies and services) as an important component of a community’s natural resource base, manifest the institutional arrangements evolved by the communities to facilitate their adaptations to nature. The above process can be more clearly illustrated with reference to specific characteristics of mountain areas, called mountain specificities. However, over time, the situation of CPRs in terms of their extent and status, governance and management as well as contributions to community sustenance, has changed. The paper attempts toindicate potential lead lines for searching options for rehabilitation of CPRs, based on a closer under- standing of the factors contributing to their decline.
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| 关 键 词： | 自然-社会关系 普通自然资源 山脉 喜马拉雅山 |
| 收稿时间： | 2007-02-12 |
| 修稿时间： | 2007-03-20 |
Mountain commons: Changing space and status at community levels in the Himalayas |
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| Narpat S. JODHA.Mountain commons: Changing space and status at community levels in the Himalayas[J].Journal of Mountain Science,2007,4(2):124-135. |
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| Authors: | Narpat S Jodha |
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| Institution: | (1) International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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| Abstract: | This paper deals with the imperatives of nature-society interaction in the Himalayas as seen through CPR (Common Property
Resources). It specifically looks at the process and factors that characterize the dynamics of the above interactions, with
particular reference to the changing status and governance of CPRs at community levels. The paper puts together the synthesis
of observations and inferences of different studies by ICIMOD and others in mountain regions, particularly in different parts
of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan. Rural CPRs (providing sustenance supplies and services) as an important
component of a community’s natural resource base, manifest the institutional arrangements evolved by the communities to facilitate
their adaptations to nature. The above process can be more clearly illustrated with reference to specific characteristics
of mountain areas, called mountain specificities.
However, over time, the situation of CPRs in terms of their extent and status, governance and management as well as contributions
to community sustenance, has changed. The paper attempts to indicate potential lead lines for searching options for rehabilitation
of CPRs, based on a closer under-standing of the factors contributing to their decline.
Revised version of the paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of IASCP (International Association for Study of Common Property Resources) in Bali, 19–23 June, 2006. |
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| Keywords: | Nature-society interaction common property resources mountain regions Himalayas |
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