The various elements of physical geography are commonly
entertained as factors retarding the mineral industries of Alaska. It
has been shown by numerous writers that the mineral industries of
Alaska are, indeed, in a difficult situation. Only the petroleum industry
and sand and gravel for construction are of much significance...
Subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska is a political, social, and cultural issue. Since statehood in 1959 the state of Alaska has managed fish and wildlife resources on all its lands. But because the state has been unable to come into compliance with federal regulations mandating a subsistence rural priority,...
In 1997, the Eskimo Walrus Commission (EWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) established a formal cooperative agreement for the conservation and management of Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). This arrangement facilitates the transfer of funds from Section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act via the USFWS...
Whilst the study of resource extraction under uncertainty has a long history in resource economics, there has been less attention paid to endogenous efforts to reduce uncertainty through learning and information acquisition. An unresolved empirical question is the degree to which individual extractors learn from the behavior of other extractors....
A method was developed for converting the food producing capabilities
of Oregon's soils to numerical data from which state and county
carrying capacities for human populations could be calculated. Another
method was developed for converting the needs for housing and related
support construction to numerical data which would consume cultivated...
The Maya of Mexico and Central America pursue multiple livelihood approaches, relying primarily on natural resources obtained from the rainforest. Fishing in the many water bodies of the region is one among many livelihood opportunities, but its relative importance has not been assessed previously. Indeed, there remains an overall lack...
Many renewable resources, such as fish stocks, water or environmental
quality, are shared between different countries. The management of such
resources then relies on international agreements. We develop a model of a
shared renewable resource for which there is an international agreement
that determines each country's share of total extractions....