Comments for IASC 2021 Commoning the Anthropocene Virtual Conference

Comment on When for-profits run commons by Serres, Coline

Serres, Coline — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:32:14 +0000

Dear Robert,
Thank you for your comment. Please accept my apologies for not answering earlier, I only see this now.

A number of specific legal forms for social ventures have emerged in order to prevent from mission drift. The legal benefit corporation in the US is one of them. These ‘social corporations’ inscribe their social mission (here, governing new commons resources) in their articles of incorporation and bylaws in order to be legally bound to pursue the social mission. This is a safeguard against profit maximization, despite their for-profit legal status.

Best wishes,
Coline Serres

Comment on Challenges and Opportunities in Operationalizing Social Tipping Points in the Anthropocene by Hodbod, Jennifer

Hodbod, Jennifer — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:39:37 +0000

Thanks Tim! From our perspective, we were looking for social tipping points that create social-ecological regime change. That’s where we get a little mixed with our language too and need to be better at being clearer there. So with the smoking ban, while the social elements changed significantly and there were ecological benefits, I’m not sure we would say the social-ecological regime was significantly different, or that it was irreversible. Would be interesting to see what happened if the ban was relaxed – and that’s part of the problem with identifying TP without having a test of their irreversibility!! The point is well taken about epistemological vs ontological and that’s something I’ll think about more. Also, the Arab Spring is a great example – the challenge is just finding the right datasets, we started with Flint because it was one I had access to longitudinal data for. But our list is growing and I’ll add the Arab Spring to it! Thanks for listening!

Comment on When for-profits run commons by Newton, Robert

Newton, Robert — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 11:25:10 +0000

I think the main argument against commons-governance via for-profits is that over time the profit motive (or, more minimally: the constraint of a required profit) will undermine the original ideals of the ‘stewards’, and bend the activity of the company towards the dynamics of the ambient marketplace. Do you have any evidence that this will not happen? Or a theoretical framework that argues that it is likely not to?

Comment on Protecting open ocean commons through climate governance by Elsler, Laura

Elsler, Laura — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 03:10:49 +0000

Michelle, thank you so much for your comment and the paper! It is a brilliant fit – thank you for sharing it! What we’re learning as we’re exploring the governance gap between ocean and climate is it goes both ways climate affects the oceans and vice versa and they link to industries like fishing and mining.

Comment on Protecting open ocean commons through climate governance by Elsler, Laura

Elsler, Laura — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 03:06:25 +0000

In reply to Massieu, Yolanda. Hi Yolanda, thanks for the thoughtful question! I've worked with coastline fisheries in Mexico before and they had successfully implemented cooperative fishing, which was amazing. The twilight zone fish are different because except for a few countries where the distance from the coastline is not very high to reach twilight zone fish it will be industrial fisheries. If industrial fisheries scoop up the twilight zone fish, food webs will be affected that will affect artisanal fishers (like in Somalia). The equity question is really important here and a question that must be asked by including many not just the industrial fishers who fish twilight zone fish.

Comment on Conceptualising commons and re-imagining the laws of nature for a telecoupled world by Massieu, Yolanda

Massieu, Yolanda — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:24:53 +0000

Dear MIchelle:

I am very interested in keeping in contact with you in order to exchange reflections and reseacrh results about humans-nature relationship, could you please write to me?, my mail is: ymassieu@gmail.com

Comment on Spreading spore: feminist commoning of heirloom seeds by Massieu, Yolanda

Massieu, Yolanda — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:22:41 +0000

Hi Maula

Yesterday I didn’t ask your mail, I am very interestes in your research about women and seeds, could you please write me, mi mail is: ymassieu@gmail.com

Comment on Commoning processes and levels of sharing: Insights from rural land-users in the Brazilian Amazon by Elsler, Laura

Elsler, Laura — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:25:57 +0000

Thanks Gabriela, this talk was so interetsing! I love the levels of sharing and how they are thought of by different participants!

Comment on Toward a theory of moisture recycling as an economic good by Elsler, Laura

Elsler, Laura — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:24:10 +0000

Hi Pat,
Thanks for the great talk. I love the perspective on water moisture recycling, I am working on carbon sequestration services by mesopelagic fish at the moment. Fisheries have long been conceptualized as common goods but the ocean carbon cycle is a public good – which brings about an important differentiation of a single process being linked to different types of goods and theoretical approaches of governance to them. So your talk has been a great inspiration! Let’s have coffee some time.
Best,
Laura

Comment on Co-management or Indigenous proactive conservation? The Power of the idea of Protected Areas by Watson, Ana

Watson, Ana — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:13:43 +0000

Hi Nevenka,
Thank you for your words. I hope we can connect and keep talking about the research.
Best,
Ana