Organisations for Participatory Common Property Resource Management

Abstract

Participatory natural resource management has become the new catchphrase in tackling environmental problems, particularly those arising from the use of common property resources (CPRs). Being limited in supply but accessible for community usage, their appropriation by one user affects that of others. The resulting externalities associated with individual actions often give rise to environmental problems, threatening resource sustainability. Keeping in view the interdependencies created by their nature, there is, therefore, a need for participatory management of CPRs.