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3. Interestingly, this is an argument used by CPR theorists against full privatisation as the
solution to the 'tragedy of the commons'. Applications of CPR theory often work to
erect boundaries using existing jurisdictions which often are smaller than the effective
production spaces of rural producers. In so doing, such programs make resource access
boundaries between social groups less porous. A major new emphasis is matching the
scale of environmental governance (through systems of multi-scaled management) to the
spatial scales of processes infl uencing the availability of the resource.

4. Forestry is obvious example of this. It developed within a particular institutional context

and with particular production imperatives. Much of scientifi c forestry, based on models
of whole tree removal, has little relevance to management concerns in many forested
areas of the world where the major extractive fl ows from the forest are through lopping
of branches and collection of non-timber forest products.

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