Co-managing the Commons: Setting the Stage in Mali and Zambia

In many developing countries, natural resources including lakes, rivers, rang elands and forests have diverse groups of users. Pressure on these "common pool resources" is increasing. Further, sustainable management is especially complicated where there is a mixture of traditional and 'modern' authority systems. This can create confusion not only about user rights but also about who has the right to enforce rules and regulations. To prevent overuse and resource degradation, robust managemen...