Common Property Resources| Class 12 Political Science Notes

We explore the complex world of Common Property Resources (CPRs) in Chapter 6 of the Class 12 Political Science curriculum. CPRs are essential to both environmental governance and international politics. This chapter sets out to explore the complex dynamics that surround CPRs, illuminating their importance, handling, and the complex relationship between environmental concerns and politics.

Our knowledge of the intricate tapestry that unites the societal, economic, and ecological facets of our global environmental legacy will be enhanced as we unearth the subtle relationships between them.

Common Property Resources

• For the group, common property is represented by common property. It stands for the group’s common property but with a regulation dictating that each member has rights and obligations about the type and extent of use of any particular resource.
• A multitude of reasons, such as population increase, agricultural intensification, priprivatizationatisation, and ecological degradation, have resulted in a decline in the quantity, quality, and accessibility of common property for the impoverished across global regions.
• For instance, through centuries of mutual knowledge and practice, many Indian village communities have established the rights and obligations of their members.
• An appropriate term for the institutional structure used to manage holy groves on state-owned forest land is a common property regime.
• Traditionally, village groups along the forest belt of South India have looked after sacred groves.

What is an example of Common Property Resources?

Common property resources include village water bodies, community woodlands, pasture lands, and other open areas where a group bigger than a family or household exercises management rights and uses those areas. Community property rights (CPRs) are natural resources that belong to the community and are accessible to all members with certain obligations, free from property rights.

Common but Differentiated Responsibilities

• The countries in the north want everyone to share equal responsibility for protecting the environment.
• The South’s emerging nations think that the developed world’s industrialization is to blame for the environment’s deterioration.
• The idea of shared but distinct duties was established in the Rio Declaration during the 1992 Earth Summit. It was acknowledged that when drafting and interpreting international environmental legislation, the unique concerns of developing nations must be taken into consideration.
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• It is a climate change protocol from the United Nations.
• It stipulates that nations must take action to combat climate change “in accordance with their respective capabilities and common but differentiated responsibilities, and on the basis of equality.”

Kyoto Protocol

• An international pact known as the Kyoto Protocol establishes goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• 58 Methane, carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, and other gases are thought to be at least somewhat to blame for global warming.
• Based on the guidelines outlined in the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997.

Conclusion

This chapter’s examination of common property resources (CPRs) highlights the variety of uses for which they are valuable. CPRs are essential for maintaining local communities and influencing global environmental policy. We’ve seen how communities themselves can effectively manage these resources to guarantee their long-term health. Encouraging sustainable techniques and conscientious CPR management will be essential going ahead. Through acknowledging the complex social, economic, and ecological dimensions of these resources, we can guarantee their sustained existence for future generations. With this knowledge, people may become more empowered to promote CPRs in their local communities and help create a more sustainable future for all.

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Common Property Resources- FAQs

What are the common property of resources?

All such resources intended for villager communal use are referred to as common property resources. A substantial portion of the natural resources in the nation were open to the rural populace in pre-British India. The local communities possessed most of the power over these resources.

What is meant by common village resource?

Village pastures and grazing grounds, village woods and woodlots, wastelands, communal threshing grounds, protected and unclassified government forests, watershed drains, ponds and tanks, rivers, rivulets, water reservoirs, canals, and irrigation channels are all considered CPRs in India.

What are the advantages of common property resources Class 12?

Common property resources are valuable because they yield minor forest products including fruits, nuts, fibre, medicinal plants, and other things, as well as fuel for families and cattle

Why are common property resources important?

To put it briefly, common property resources are essential to rural economies and ways of life. Among other things, they help with fuel provision, food security, and revenue production. As a result, it is crucial to conserve them and manage them sustainably.

What are the two characteristics of common property resources?

Common resources have two fundamental features. Firstly, the resource must belong to a clearly defined group or community and grant them exclusive rights to utilise it. One requirement is the non-excludability clause, which states that no member of the community may be prohibited from using the resource.