Sub-themes

The Conference will deal with physical common resources such as Forests, Grazing resources, Protected Areas, Water Resources, Fisheries, Coastal Commons, Lagoon Commons, Irrigation Systems, Livestock and Commons as well as New Commons such as Information Commons, Cultural Commons, Genetic Resources, Patents, Climate, etc.

The above subjects would be captured under the following sub-themes:

• The Commons, Poverty and Social Exclusion;
• Governance of the Commons: Decentralization, Property Rights, Legal Framework, Structure and Organization;
• The Commons: Theory, Analytics and Data;
• Globalisation, Commercialisation and the Commons;
• Managing the Global Commons: Climate Change and other Challenges;
• Managing Complex Commons (Lagoons, Protected Areas, Wetlands, Mountain Areas, Rangelands, Coastal Commons);
• New Commons (Digital Commons, Genetic Commons, Patents, Music, Literature etc);