Incentive systems that support sustainability: A first nations example

Ecology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Trosper, Ronald L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Common pool resource; Ecological rationality; Ecosystem management; First Nations; Incentive systems; Northwest Coast fishery; Potlatch; Property rights; Sustainability; Watershed ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249100115     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00058-020211     Document Type: Article

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