Clearly defined boundaries 2. Rules for resource use suit local conditions 3. Participation in collective decisions 4. Graduated sanctions 6. Conflict resolution mechanisms 7.
Government recognises users rights to organise.
At least, outsiders may dilute the benefit that outsiders may gain from their management of the resource. At worst, they may be overwhelmed. Boundary definition is already a characteristic preoccupation of Melanesian states in their often obsessive concern with entitlements to citizenship and management of EEZs. Their authority derives from international recognition as much as domestic support. Ostrom's principles suggest that this concern with membership and boundaries might be turned inwards and parcelled out around sectors and regions.