Institutional Adaptation and Community-Based Conservation of Natural Resources: The Cases of the Tao and Atayal in Taiwan
| Autor: | Shui-Yan Tang, Ching-Ping Tang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Ecology business.industry Process (engineering) Institutional change Environmental resource management Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Natural resource Indigenous Local community Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology Political science Community-based conservation business Adaptation (computer science) |
| Zdroj: | Human Ecology. 38:101-111 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9915 0300-7839 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10745-009-9292-8 |
| Popis: | Traditional institutional rules, values, and beliefs help support conservation regimes of natural resources in many indigenous communities. Such traditional conservation regimes may break down as a result of influences from the outside world. This paper examines two cases in Taiwan—the Tao communities on Orchid Island and the Atayal community in Smangus. The former illustrates a process in which traditional institutions supporting local conservation broke down as a result of external influences, leading to the loss of the local community’s ability to govern the use of a coastal fishery. The latter, in contrast, demonstrates how local people are able to adapt their traditional institutions to meet the challenges from the outside world while preserving a local forest. The paper concludes by examining factors that affect institutional adaptation in community-based conservation of natural resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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