| Sumario: | A study examines the conflicting interests of an agency managing and owning wildlife resources and the indigenous people living near the wildlife in a Third World context. A model is constructed that assumes that the wildlife habitat is of fixed size and the agricultural production of the local people takes place outside the habitat area. In the model, the agency managing the habitat area has the legal right to exploit the wildlife, whereas the local people hunt illegally. Findings reveal that based on the concept of relative harvesting dominance, the stock utilization depends critically on the prevalent economic and ecological circumstances. Findings also reveal that the existing property-rights regime takes different forms depending on the economic and ecological environment.
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