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resource management is the management of a common resource or
issue by a community through the collective action of volunteers
and stakeholders. The resource managed can be either material or
informational. Examples include the management of common grazing
and water rights;[1] fisheries[2] and open source software.[3]
In the case of physical resources, community management
strategies are frequently employed to avoid the tragedy of the
commons and to encourage sustainability.  Common pool
problem[edit]  Without proper management, a community's material
resources may be depleted or rendered unusable.[4] The common
pool problem is an economic situation which exists when goods
are rival, but non-exclusive (See common-pool resource). Since
these resources are owned in common, individuals have no private
incentive to preserve them, but rather will seek to exploit them
before others can derive