Drama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern Sri Lanka

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 347-368

  Galappaththi, Eranga K ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commons; Community based management; Farmer associations; Institutions; Shrimp aquaculture; Small scale aquaculture; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924874977     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.500     Document Type: Article

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