Annotations - tragedy of the commons

  1. McLaughlin, Kathleen. “Exploding Demand for Cashmere Wool Is Ruining Mongolia’s Grasslands.” Online magazine. Science, January 30, 2019. https://www.science.org/content/article/exploding-demand-cashmere-wool-ruining-mongolia-s-grasslands.

    Yet sweeping changes to protect the grasslands have been politically unpalatable in a democracy whose voters feel a deep connection to the open, unregulated grassland. With urbanization on the rise, herders also face new