FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Preventing pollution
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Preserving biodiversity
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Curbing overpopulation
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Protecting shared resources
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Detailed explanation-1: -In summary of the Hardin paper, the Tragedy of the Commons addressed the growing concern of overpopulation, and Hardin used an example of sheep grazing land when describing the adverse effects of overpopulation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tragedy of the commons is a problem in economics that occurs when individuals neglect the well-being of society in the pursuit of personal gain. This leads to over-consumption and ultimately depletion of the common resource, to everybody’s detriment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hardin wanted to address the “population problem". Others want or hope to avoid the problems of overpopulation without relinquishing any of the privileges they now enjoy. They think that farming the seas or developing new strains of wheat will solve the problem–technologically.