Table 3 Social and institutional conditions

From: Social-ecological alignment and ecological conditions in coral reefs

Attributes

Measurement

Site

  

A

B

C

D

E

Dependence on resource

Percentage of respondents who ranked fishing as their primary livelihood—FS

92%

85%

92%

70%

99%

Rights to devise institution

Yes/no—ref. 53

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ability to exclude outsiders

Yes/no—CL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Organizational experience/leadership

Yes/no—ref. 53

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rules adapted to local condition

Yes/no—CL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Participation in decision making

Respondent was not (0), passively (1), or actively (2) involved in decisions about resource management, or held a leadership position (3); mean/SD—FS

0.76 (0.73)

0.98 (0.80)

0.62 (0.72)

0.68 (0.72)

0.74 (0.67)

Monitors locally accountable

Yes/no—ref. 53

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Graduated sanctions

Yes/no—CL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Indicators of social and institutional conditions known to be associated with effective collective management of the commons across the five coral reef fishing communities studied (sites A–E)
  2. FS fisher survey, CL community leader interview