International Journal of the Commons

The International Journal of the Commons congratulates Elinor Ostrom with the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics ("The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel"). Lin's work serves as one of the major intellectual inspirations for the community of scholars and practitioners that our journal intends to serve. By means of her continued active engagement with the journal - as guest-editor, author, and member of our Editorial Board - Lin is a quintessential part of the group of people that is dedicated to guaranteeing the generation and dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge about the commons. The Nobel Committee's choice to celebrate Lin's work, confirms that what the International Journal of the Commons has set out to accomplish - i.e. accommodate the body of knowledge that adds to the understanding and improvement of institutions for the management of resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively - matters!


Elinor Ostrom

                                                            Elinor Ostrom

Vol 3, No 1 (2009)

Guest editors: Andreas Neef & David Thomas

Table of Contents

Editorials

Andreas Neef, David Thomas HTML PDF
Rewarding the upland poor for saving the commons? Evidence from Southeast Asia 1-15

Special feature articles

Alana George, Alain Pierret, Arthorn Boonsaner, Valentin Christian, Olivier Planchon Abstract HTML PDF
Payment for Environmental Services (PES) - A feasibility study for watershed services in mainland Southeast Asia 16-40
Chapika Sangkapitux, Andreas Neef, Worapong Polkongkaew, Nongkran Pramoon, Sakdamnoen Nonkiti, Ke Nanthasen Abstract HTML PDF
Willingness of upstream and downstream resource managers to engage in compensation schemes for environmental services 41-63
Damien Jourdain, Do Anh Tai, Dang Dinh Quang, Sushil Pandey Abstract HTML PDF
Payments for environmental services in upper-catchments of Vietnam: will it help the poorest? 64-81
Beria Leimona, Laxman Joshi, Meine van Noordwijk Abstract HTML PDF
Can rewards for environmental services benefit the poor? Lessons from Asia 82-107
Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Stefan Schwarze, Manfred Zeller Abstract HTML PDF
Payments for environmental services – Carbon finance options for smallholders’ agroforestry in Indonesia 108-130

Research articles

Tim Heinmiller Abstract HTML PDF
Path dependency and collective action in common pool governance 131-147

Book reviews

Thembela Kepe PDF
Claassens, A. and B. Cousins (eds.) 2009. Land, Power & Custom: Controversies generated by South Africa’s Communal Land Rights Act. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. 148-150
Bernard Debarbieux PDF
Orlove, B., E. Wiegandt and B. H. Luckman (eds.) 2008. Darkening Peaks. Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 151-152
Douglas Clark PDF
Sodhi, N.S., G. Acciaioli, M. Erb and A. Khee-Jin Tan (eds.) 2008. Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: Case studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 153-155
Jon D. Unruh PDF
Derick, F. and D. James 2009. The Rights and Wrongs of Land Restitution: ‘Restoring What Was Ours’. New York: Routledge-Cavendish. 156-157
Eric A. Coleman PDF
Donoghue, E.M. and V.E. Sturtevant (eds.) 2008. Forest Community Connections: Implications for Research, Management, and Governance. Washington, DC: RFF Press. 158-159
Douglas Clyde Wilson PDF
Webster, D.G. 2009. Adaptive Governance: The Dynamics of Atlantic Fisheries Management. Cambridge: The MIT Press. 160-161
Maria-Jose Iglesias PDF
Hope, J. 2008. Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 162-163