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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Canadian and World Studies
C3.3 analyse issues relating to the management of the commons
Sample questions: “How do we manage a resource like the atmosphere or the oceans
that everybody uses but nobody owns?” “What is meant by ‘the tragedy of the commons’?” “What is the role of governments in managing common-pool resources inside their territories?” “Does the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) provide adequate protection for North Atlantic fish stocks?” “Why did the Montreal Protocol succeed and the Kyoto Protocol fail?” “What agreements
or other arrangements exist to manage the use of rivers and lakes, such as the Great Lakes,
the Jordan River, the Nile, the Danube, the Mekong, or the Brahmaputra, that are shared by two or more countries? What kinds of conflicts might arise over the use of shared rivers and lakes?” “Where has water distribution been privatized? Are water resources better managed in these countries than in countries where water distribution is publicly controlled?” “How can individual citizens or citizens’ groups promote stewardship of the commons?”
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