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From the author: KEY WORDS: Ireland, dune commonage, degradation, conservation, community management

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Title: Coastal dune conservation on an Irish commonage: community-based management or tragedy of the commons?(Author abstract)
Author: John Mc Kenna
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 173 Issue: 2 Page: 157(13)

Article Type: Author abstract

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• Published on: 2007-06-01
• Released on: 2009-02-26
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Introduction

A large number of participatory approaches have been established in the field of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the past decade. A major aim of such approaches has been to promote local 'ownership', harness local knowledge and invoke local action appropriate to the needs of the community and the resource, so that the coast may be managed sustainably. One such participatory ICZM project was carried out on beach/dune systems in County Donegal in northwest Ireland by the University of Ulster and the local authority, Donegal County Council (Power et al. 2000). The project formed part of the European Union's (EU) Demonstration Programme on ICZM (European Commission 1997 1999a 1999b). The Donegal project identified tenure type...