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Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons Get Started As you read the introduction, think about what a “commons” is. Can you think of any examples of commons in your community?
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Activity 5The Tragedy of the Commons
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Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
Get Started
As you read the introduction, think about what a “commons” is. Can you think of any examples of commons in your community?
Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
Challenge
How can the overuse of an ecosystem service be prevented?
Another way to think of this question is: How can people prevent the overuse of resources we use and rely on?
Challenge
Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
Procedure
What do you think of when you hear the term “model”?
How might scientists use models in their research?
Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
Procedure
For each part of this Activity you will model different fishing limits to try to determine what limit is sustainable.
Activity 5: The Tragedy of the Commons
Follow Up
How does this game model the idea of the Tragedy of the Commons?
Analysis 6
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Think about the community you live in.◦What are some commons there?◦ Imagine you are asked to be in charge of a committee
that manages your community’s commons. What management plan would you suggest to the committee? What indicators would you use to measure how well you were managing the commons? What evidence would you look for to show that you were successful? What trade-offs would you have to make to accomplish this?
Analysis 11
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How can the overuse of an ecosystem service be prevented?
Revisit the Challenge
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ecosystem services evidence indicator population trade-off Tragedy of the Commons
Key Vocabulary
