Certifying the commons: eco-certification, privatization, and collective action

Certifying the commons: eco-certification, privatization, and collective action

We examine new dynamics of privatization and collective action in common pool resource situations facilitated by the nonstate multistakeholder institutions of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the global leader in sustainability certification for wild caught seafood. Through a review of the lite...

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Main Authors: Paul Foley, Bonnie McCay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2014-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
Baja California Sur
Mexico
collective action
common pool resources
commons
community-based fisheries
cooperatives
environmental certification
environmental governance
fisheries
Fogo Island
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
governance
Marine Stewardship Council
MSC
northern shrimp
privatization
property rights
spiny lobster
sustainable
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art28/

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