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A course lecture described the black rhino problem and different approaches, including economic incentive approaches, to protect the black rhino from extinction

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A course lecture described the black rhino problem and different approaches, including economic incentive approaches, to protect the black rhino from extinction. For this Discussion Board, the topic is a specific market-based approach (economic incentives) that relies on community-based management of natural resources. For the Discussion Board, you will

1. Read the paper by Frost & Bond, available by clicking the link-Frost & Bond (DB #3).pdf.

2. By the end of the day on Wednesday, post to the Web Discussion Board an argument in favor or against a CAMPFIRE-type approach to help protect the black rhino from extinction.  Also, provide some pros and cons regarding your positions and list some reasons why CAMPFIRE might not benefit everyone the community as much as it could. List some reasons why CAMPFIRE might not benefit the environment as much as it could.

3. Provide a thoughtful comment on the post of at least one other course participant (preferably more) by Midnight on Sunday, February 16th for full credit.

4.  Peer reviews will be assigned automatically on February 16th at 11:59 (the last date for the above components of this assignment).  Provide your review by next Wednesday, February 19th at midnight.  Use the the Rubric provided.  The rubric will help you determine how you will review your peers AND what should be included in your comment (I will consult the peer reviews and provide the final grade for the discussion based on the peer reviews and my own).  To find this