Tragedy_Of_The_Commons

Tragedy Of The Commons Garrett Hardin said it best, “Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit—in a world that is limited.” It has always seemed to be mankind\'s agenda to get as much as you can for as little cost as possible, a practice that has almost always lead to the depletion of a resource. “The Tragedy of the Commons” explains just this, how man as an individual or as a whole has made a practice of taking from our Earth until it ceases to give any more. The word “common” is used to describe a natural resource that is available to all living things. Years ago the American Southwest was a lush landscape doted with many species of grasses and small plants able to withstand the harsh climate of both hot dry summers and cold dry winters. Unfortunately this vegetation was unable to withstand the appetite of the thousands of cattle who grazed on this vegetation during the early part of the past century. As a result, the vegetation has been lost, desertification has swept through the region, and only a handful of tolerant plant species remain. The cattle water, resource, within, tragedy, fish, vegetation, ultimately, ocean, commons, been, years, world, species, southwest, sources, populations, never, major, little, lakes, dry, consumption, conservation, common, always, almost, withstand, until, through, taking, taken, studies, slow, same, said