Conflict and Conservation (Pre-Recorded)

• In Event: Formal Models of Diplomacy and Conflict

Abstract

One significant area of political conflict in international conservation is the difference that arises between countries that want to conserve a resource-like a rain forest-and those who own and want to utilize the resource for development. In this paper we develop a theory of conservation negotiations to highlight the fundamental tension in these circumstances, predict when international agreement may be possible and the consequences of the fundamental strategic forces for the environment.

Authors

• Kristopher W. Ramsay, Princeton University

• Noam Reich, Princeton University