Tragedy of the Bunnies game

Go to: http://www.bunnygame.org/
Click on About the Game
1. What are Common pool resources? (Give examples)
Common pol resources to which many people have access- resources like
oceans, forests, and elephants are examples of common pool.

Click on Moral of the Story

2. Who wrote the article Tragedy of the Commons?

Garrett Hardin

3. Explain what the tragedy of the commons is.

When there is a public resource people just take as much as they can
.because they think the more people take the less there are for you.

4. Explain how Elephants are a good example of the Tragedy of the Commons.
People think ,because elephants can repopulate they can kill as many as they
want.

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5. What is CAMPFIRE?
The Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources is a
program were rural villagers are granted title to wildlife living on their land.

Click on Instructions and read them

Click on Play the Game then click Play twice

6. How many bunnies did you (user) collect after the first round of the Public
Bunnies game?
11

7. How many bunnies did you (user) collect after the 2 nd round of the Public
Bunnies game?
0

Click on Play version 2

8. How is version 2 different?

There are three pens to contain the bunnies.

9. How many bunnies did you sell during the First round? Second round?
First Round- 4
Second Round- 22

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10.Everybody seems to have a better chance of winning in the Private version

WHY?
The second version you have bunnies left to sell because they are contained,
wheras the private version you cannot win ,because you cannot contain the
bunnies.