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@article{item_3571303,
title = {{The cultural evolution of collective property rights for sustainable resource governance (advance online)}},
author = {Andrews, Jeffrey B. and Clark, Matthew and Hillis, Vicken and Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique},
issn = {2398-9629},
doi = {10.1038/s41893-024-01290-1},
year = {2024},
abstract = {{With commons encompassing approximately 65{\textpercent} of Earth{\textquoteright}s surface and {\textless}br{\textgreater}vast tracts of the ocean, a critical challenge for sustainability involves {\textless}br{\textgreater}establishing effective institutions for governing these common-pool {\textless}br{\textgreater}resources (CPR). While examples of successful governance exist, the {\textless}br{\textgreater}circumstances and mechanisms behind their development have often {\textless}br{\textgreater}faded from historical records and memories. Drawing on ethnographic {\textless}br{\textgreater}work, we introduce a generic evolutionary multigroup modelling {\textless}br{\textgreater}framework that examines the emergence, stability and temporal dynamics {\textless}br{\textgreater}of collective property rights. Our research reveals a fundamental insight: {\textless}br{\textgreater}when intergroup conflicts over resources exist, establishing and enforcing {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textquoteleft}access rights{\textquoteright} becomes an essential prerequisite for evolving sustainable {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textquoteleft}use rights{\textquoteright}. These access rights, in turn, enable cultural group selection and {\textless}br{\textgreater}facilitate the evolution of sustainable use rights through the imitation of {\textless}br{\textgreater}successful groups. Moreover, we identify four crucial aspects within these {\textless}br{\textgreater}systems: (1) seizures in CPR systems create individual-level incentives to {\textless}br{\textgreater}enforce use and access rights; (2) support for collective property rights {\textless}br{\textgreater}is frequency dependent and prone to oscillations; (3) the maximum {\textless}br{\textgreater}sustainable yield (MSY) is a tipping point that alters the interplay between {\textless}br{\textgreater}individual and group-level selection pressures; (4) success-biased social {\textless}br{\textgreater}learning (imitation) of out-group members plays a vital role in spreading {\textless}br{\textgreater}sustainable institutions and preventing the tragedy of the commons.}},
journal = {{Nature Sustainability}},
}