✅3.2.1.5 - The 'Global Commons' Flashcards

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What are global commons?

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Refers to the resource domains or areas/objects/items that lie outside the political reach of any one country or nation

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What are examples of the global commons?

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Antarctica, the moon & outer space, international waters, the atmosphere, the internet arguably

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What is the common heritage of mankind?

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The notion that global commons regarded as beneficial to humanity should not be exploited by individual states or nations

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Why has improved technology and mineral scarcity increased the need for the common heritage of mankind?

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Because it ensures that all countries have access to resources regardless of development. Technology makes exploitation much easier

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What is the tragedy of the commons?

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That free access and unrestricted demand for finite resource ultimately dooms the resource through over exploitation

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Why does the tragedy of the commons occur?

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Because the benefits of exploitation only apply to those who do it, while the costs affect everyone

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Who proposed the tragedy of the commons?

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Garret Hardin

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What is likely to be over-exploited?

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Any shared resources

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What must be acknowledged by sustainable development?

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The need to protect the global commons

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