Averting evolutionary suicide from the tragedy of the commons
In a tragedy of the commons, individual competition over a resource can reduce the resource itself, and thus reduce the fitness of the whole group. An extreme example is evolutionary suicide, which is predicted to occur when the selfish interests of free-riders and cheaters overwhelm cooperative beh...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1630882023-02-28T20:05:19Z Averting evolutionary suicide from the tragedy of the commons Lansing, John Stephen Chung, Ning Ning Chew, Lock Yue Jacobs, Guy S. School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Science::Physics Commons Social-Ecological Systems In a tragedy of the commons, individual competition over a resource can reduce the resource itself, and thus reduce the fitness of the whole group. An extreme example is evolutionary suicide, which is predicted to occur when the selfish interests of free-riders and cheaters overwhelm cooperative behaviors, and the social good on which they depend ceases to exist. Case studies cite many different and seemingly interacting factors for success. Here we propose an equation-based theoretical model to predict changes in this balance, which determine whether the tragedy of the commons is observed in a particular scenario. Using survey data from 20 Balinese subaks, we explore the explanatory power of two theoretical traditions that are currently used to analyze commons management institutions, revealing multiple regimes with correlated responses to environmental threats. To explore case studies from a comparative perspective requires both theory and methods that can account for differences between regimes and explore transitions between them. Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University Published version The fieldwork on which this study was based was conducted by Steve Lansing in collaboration with Dr Alit Arthawiguna and his staff at the Badan Pengkajian Teknologi Pertanian Bali, with permission from the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK 72/SIP/FRP/E5/Dit.KI/III/2016). It was supported by the cultural anthropology program of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE 2015-T2-1-127). GSJ was supported by a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship at Nanyang Technological University. 2022-11-21T04:37:20Z 2022-11-21T04:37:20Z 2021 Journal Article Lansing, J. S., Chung, N. N., Chew, L. Y. & Jacobs, G. S. (2021). Averting evolutionary suicide from the tragedy of the commons. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 414-430. https://dx.doi.org/10.5334/IJC.1118 1875-0281 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163088 10.5334/IJC.1118 2-s2.0-85121036527 1 15 414 430 en MOE 2015-T2-1-127 International Journal of the Commons © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf |
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In a tragedy of the commons, individual competition over a resource can reduce the resource itself, and thus reduce the fitness of the whole group. An extreme example is evolutionary suicide, which is predicted to occur when the selfish interests of free-riders and cheaters overwhelm cooperative behaviors, and the social good on which they depend ceases to exist. Case studies cite many different and seemingly interacting factors for success. Here we propose an equation-based theoretical model to predict changes in this balance, which determine whether the tragedy of the commons is observed in a particular scenario. Using survey data from 20 Balinese subaks, we explore the explanatory power of two theoretical traditions that are currently used to analyze commons management institutions, revealing multiple regimes with correlated responses to environmental threats. To explore case studies from a comparative perspective requires both theory and methods that can account for differences between regimes and explore transitions between them. |
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