Property Regimes in Resource Conservation - A Framework for Analysis

Abstract

This paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing property regimes in conservation of natural resources. Human beings interaction with their environment is governed through institutions of property; therefore they play an important role in the conservation of natural resources. This paper uses concepts from the New Institutional Economics School of thought and from theories of property to develop normative criteria to assess property institutions in resource management.

Keywords: Natural Resource Management, Property Intuitions

JEL Classification: Q20, P14