Much received wisdom in the conservation literature is that individual connections across community boundaries undercut natural resource management. However, when multiple communities access the same resource, these long‐distance relationships could generate interdependence and trust to motivate engagement in collective action to manage the resource. To test this, we interviewed 1317 people in 28 fishing villages in Tanzania about their participation in managing open‐access fisheries and their social relationships in each village accessing the fishery. People with more friends in other villages trusted more people in those villages and were more likely to participate in collective action to manage the shared fishery, such as reporting others for destructive fishing practices. These results show that long‐distance relationships may be a useful foundation upon which to build conservation efforts that cross community boundaries and bolster sustainable resource use.

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渔业管理中的异地之友和集体行动


保护文献中广为流传的观点是，跨越社区边界的个人联系削弱了自然资源管理。然而，当多个社区访问同一资源时，这些远距离关系可能会产生相互依赖和信任，从而激励参与集体行动来管理资源。为了验证这一点，我们采访了坦桑尼亚 28 个渔村的 1317 人，了解他们参与管理开放式渔业的情况，以及他们在每个获得渔业的村庄的社会关系。在其他村庄有更多朋友的人信任这些村庄的更多人，并且更有可能参与集体行动来管理共享渔业，例如举报他人的破坏性捕鱼行为。这些结果表明，远距离关系可能是建立跨越社区边界和支持可持续资源利用的保护工作的有用基础。