We will need collective action to avoid catastrophic climate change, and this will require
valuing the long term as well as the short term. Shortsightedness and uncertainty have …

Do individuals' environmental attitudes and future orientation predict actual energy
consumption? Little is known about the answer to this fundamental question because …

I investigate whether cultural differences explain why some European regions are more
effective in mitigating soil erosion than others. Specifically, I consider environmental …

Experimental economic games are an increasingly common component of the
anthropological tool kit. Yet their external validity continues to be a point of debate and …

Small pelagic fish support some of the largest fisheries globally, yet there is an ongoing
debate about the magnitude of the impacts of environmental processes and fishing activities …

Resource scarcity and food security are important issues due to overexploitation of natural
resources. Fishing and farming have been two main occupations that produce food; …

Well-defined and stable property rights play a pivotal role in shaping human economic
behavior by averting the tragedy of the commons. This study employs micro-survey data …

Three societies, namely the hunter-gatherer, the agrarian and the industrial, represent the
course of human history of cultural and economic development. In this course, each society …

Planting mangroves is a conservation activity pursuing the long-term goal of sustaining the
basis for fishing activities. The decision to engage in mangrove planting requires trading off …

The recreational use of natural resources requires the implementation of sustainable
management systems. However, the existence of socioeconomic interests and the difficulty …