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What is the 'tragedy of the commons' with respect to environmental science?
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- 1When private property laws prevent the use of communal land.
- 2The legal framework used in international waters for fishing rights.
- 3A situation where individuals acting independently and rationally according to their own self-interest deplete a shared resource, even when doing so is collectively detrimental.✓
- 4A situation where resources are managed sustainably by a community.
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A situation where individuals acting independently and rationally according to their own self-interest deplete a shared resource, even when doing so is collectively detrimental.
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