Conflict modelling between groups of players in conservation of natural resources – the canadian boreal forest
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Canada territory encompasses approximately 574 million hectares of boreal forest. Number of environmentalists, governments, autochthones and non-autochthones communities, financial institutions, resource-based companies involve in conservation of Boreal forest. Forest ecosystem produces economic benefits for nation and for communities who lived in harmony in the vicinity. However, the unspoiled forest is subject to forthcoming changes to mining development, oil and gas, hydroelectric developments and industrial logging. Despite the fruitfulness of those economic activities and even they represent lifeblood of Canadian economy, multiple conflicts are engendered among groups and caused a difficulty of environmental conservation. In addition, forest declination causes serious problems. It pushes wildlife toward extinction and also threatens the cultures of Autochthones; for example, in order to launch economic activities, 290,000 ha of forest cut down in Quebec, 185,000 ha in Ontario and 67,000 ha of forest in Alberta every year.Protecting the integrity of the boreal region over the long term is key to the sustainability and well-being of the Canada’s Aboriginal communities who have lived in harmony with the Boreal for thousands of years. Their activities depend principally on four sectors: subsistence activities, trade of renewable resources, employ with fixed salary in the local firma and fixed salary in industries. These differences distinguish the communities’ revenues, leading to the divergence and discrepancy with interest of protection of environment.
Formation of groups of coalition is unavoidable which depends to social factors and socioeconomically interests. We assume that two options are available for population: environmentally friendly option which is ready to pay the cost of the conservation and irrational group of players, who are selfish. The latter leads to non-cooperation, in which individual tempt to obtain more than others that is so-called