Cockles in custody: The role of common property arrangements in the ecological sustainability of mangrove fisheries on the Ecuadorian coast

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 485-512

  Beitl, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A. similis; Anadara tuberculosa; Artisanal fisheries; Co management; Collective action; Common property; Community based natural resource management (CBNRM); Ecuador; Mangroves; Social ecological systems; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053580921     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.285     Document Type: Article

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