As a result, reforestation has become a means of reducing the concentration of climate-altering gases, and whose centrality is witnessed by  BIS Review 164/2010  1  Maathai demonstrated that managing common resources, such as the environment, does not necessarily have to lead to over-exploitation, to the “Tragedy of the Commons” as prophesied by Garrett Hardin.
The economist Elinor Ostrom found evidence to support this outcome in her research on institutional economics. Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the first woman ever to win in this category, for her work on economic governance. 1. Women and the environment in developing countries  In industrialized countries, women have made important contributions in raising our environmental consciousness.