This work examines the reasons behind the political resurgence of the "commons", and the widespread struggle to transform nature-society relations. The authors assess the relevance of the global commons in a rapidly shrinking world and argue for a global "scientific commons".

The authors assess the relevance of the global commons in a rapidly shrinking world and argue for a global "scientific commons" to match the changes we are experiencing as local environmental problems - such as the Chernobyl disaster - are perceived as fundamentally global ones.

The political resurgence of the Commons, Michael Goldman
theories and practices of the Commons, Michael Goldman
social movement and the remaking of the Commons in the Brazilian Amazon, Antonion Carlos Diegues
between NAFTA and Zapata - response to the restructuring of the Commons in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, Lynn Stephen
in defence of the Commons - forest battles in southern Cameroon, Samuel-Alain Nguiffo
some theoretical aspects of the new Commons in industrialized countries, Maria Mies and Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen
the nature of environment and social justice, Giovanni DiChiro
biodiversity - of local Commons and global commodities, Michael Flitner
style and scale - two sources of institutional inappropriateness, Michael Thompson
fairness, social capital and the Commons, Sanjeev Pradash.