Optimal Enforcement and Practical Issues of Resource Protection in Developing Countries

Elizabeth Robinson (), Ajay Mahaputra Kumar and Heidi Albers

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Abstract: This paper relates the key findings of the optimal economic enforcement literature to practical issues of enforcing and managing forest and wildlife access restrictions in developing countries. Our experiences, particularly in Tanzania and southern India, detail the major pragmatic issues facing those responsible for protecting natural resources. We identified large gaps in the theoretical literature that limit its ability to inform practical management, including issues of limited funding and cost recovery, multiple layers of enforcement, different incentives faced by those responsible for enforcement, and conflict between protected-area managers’ job requirements and rural people’s needs.

Keywords: optimal enforcement; protected-area management; non-timber forest products; conflict; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 Q23 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-03-25
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