A Natural Energy Resources Wood: Combustion Property and Protection Methods

Ethics and Participation in Natural Resources Protection

Background: Public participation in decisions regarding natural resources is the easiest way to ‎preserve these resources. It seems that having human of conservation ethics of natural resources, ‎has affect on their participation in the preservation of natural resources. This survey research was ‎done to investigate the relationship between conservation ethics of natural resources and ‎particip...

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Protection

Tourism And Natural Resources

A case of using property rights to manage natural resources

This article presents a case of using property rights to govern land use in the high country of New Zealand’s South Island. It tells the story of a land reform policy and its implementation over two decades, through changes in rules and governing parties. It observes land reform outcomes that are surprisingly favourable to pastoral leaseholders, and surprisingly unfavourable to the Crown. It th...

Why Natural Disasters are a Disaster in Common Property Resources

Developing countries tend to suffer the most from natural disasters, but the mechanisms underlying this outcome are poorly understood. I postulate that the lack of strong and well defined property rights for renewable resources is a key factor increasing the impacts of disasters. Using a theoretical model for renewable resource extraction with irreversible investment, I show that common propert...