Bernard-Mongin C., Hoxha V., Lerin F. (2013). From total state to anarchical market. Lessons from the past for a collective action approach: the Albanian mountainous commons. 1 p. International Conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO) : Rural History, 2013/08/19-22, Berne (Suisse). Résumé de la communication écrite. Session : 5.4. Ruling the Commons.
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Titre : | From total state to anarchical market. Lessons from the past for a collective action approach: the Albanian mountainous commons |
Auteurs : | C. Bernard-Mongin ; V. Hoxha ; F. Lerin |
Type de document : | Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée |
Année de publication : | 2013 |
Format : | 1 p. |
Note générale : | Résumé de la communication écrite. Session : 5.4. Ruling the Commons |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 07 - ENVIRONNEMENT ; 7.4 - Ressources Naturelles : Paysage, Biodiversité, Patrimoine naturelThésaurus IAMM BIEN COMMUN ; ACTION COLLECTIVE ; ALBANIE ; PLANTE A HUILES ESSENTIELLES ; PLANTE MEDICINALE ; ANALYSE HISTORIQUE ; GESTION DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES |
Résumé : | Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) is an important sector of the agrarian economy today in Albania, counting for approximately M$25 exports, 60 000 collectors, various localized value chains and first transformation industries. Wild MAPs collection mainly occurs in common mountainous pasture and forest lands, and was based on traditional uses in pastoral and medicinal local practices. The real economic take off and massive collection the resource occurred during the communist regime, to fulfil the need of export cash-flows. It was a total State organized system structured by cooperatives and State farms. After the regime collapse, the MAPs sector was basically driven by commercial forces and markets. This drastic change is, for the theory of collective action of great interest, because neither one system nor the other totally abolished the existence of the commons as commons. Our communication will highlight major institutional problems related to the management of commons throughout the conventions and agreements organizing the MAPs collection. An historical (and yet not done) analysis of these two antagonist systems, based on field studies for the contemporary situation and on Albanian archives for the past periods (1860-1991) is of great interest for today challenges. Both in terms of rural development and agro-biodiversity conservation, there is a need to find innovative ways for a collective action to sustainably rule these commons. Neither State nor markets are able to deal with identified pressures against MAPs resources. |
Congrès : | International Conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO) : Rural History, 2013/08/19-22, Berne (Suisse) |
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URL / DOI : | https://www.ruralhistory.eu/conferences/rural-history-2013 |
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