Drivers of compliance monitoring in forest commons

Epstein, Graham and Gurney, Georgina and Chawla, Sivee and Anderies, John M. and Baggio, Jacopo and Unnikrishnan, Hita and Villamayor Tomas, Sergio and Cumming, Graeme S. (2021) Drivers of compliance monitoring in forest commons. Nature Sustainability, 4 (5). pp. 450-456. ISSN 2398-9629

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Abstract

Lasting community-based governance of common-pool resources depends on communities self-organizing to monitor compliance with rules. Monitoring serves an important function in community-based governance by establishing conditions for long-term cooperation, but the factors that foster its provision are poorly understood. We have analysed data from 177 forest user groups to assess the relative importance of 15 potential drivers of compliance monitoring, as well as the direction and form of their relationships. The results suggest that user groups are most likely to successfully self-organize to monitor compliance when rules are designed by local user groups (local rulemaking), and when those user groups are located close to or far from markets for forest products and have a larger number of members. Additionally, local leadership plays an important role in certain contexts, such as groups that are smaller in size and located near markets for forest products.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Epstein, Graham and Gurney, Georgina and Chawla, Sivee and Anderies, John M. and Baggio, Jacopo and Unnikrishnan, Hita and Villamayor Tomas, Sergio and Cumming, Graeme S.
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Social interaction > Social interaction within groups Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7169
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00673-4

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