Community Management by Decree? Lessons From Cambodia's Fisheries Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12164402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Blake D Ratner (0000-0001-5233-2216, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-86 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920500323344 |
| OpenAlex | W2128847725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Cambodian government introduced a dramatic reform in 2001 that reduced the allocation of commercial fishing lots in favor of local community access. Hailed by community activists, the policy shift nevertheless accelerated a crisis in the sector, with effectively open access and very poor law enforcement leading to intense exploitation and a surge in illegal fishing. This essay reviews the context and the content of the reform initiative, the preliminary outcomes and many challenges faced in its implementation, and the lessons for other developing countries aiming to support community-based management in fisheries or other natural resource sectors. Building the organizational capacity of community institutions, I argue, is inadequate if not complemented by efforts to improve governance by establishing appropriate legal authorities and rights, strengthening the accountability of public officials, and removing barriers to the economic viability of community management
Accountability · Business · Community Management · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Decree · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Fisheries management · Fishing · Geography · Government (linguistics · Law enforcement · Natural resource · Natural resource management · Political science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Cambodian History and Society · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Law · Public Administration · Finance
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |