Global Commons
Definition
From the Wikipedia:
"Global commons is that which no one person or state may own or control and which is central to life. A Global Common contains an infinite potential with regard to the understanding and advancement of the biology and society of all life. e.g. forests, oceans, land mass and cultural identity and hence requires absolute protection." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_commons)
Typology of Global Commons
James Quilligan [1]:
Noosphere - indigenous culture and traditions, community
support systems, social connectedness, voluntary associations,
labor relations, women and children's rights, family
life, health, education, sacredness, religions and ethnicity,
racial values, silence, creative works, languages, stores of
human knowledge and wisdom, scientific knowledge, ethnobotanical
knowledge, ideas, intellectual property, information,
communication flows, airwaves, internet, free
culture, cultural treasures, music, arts, purchasing power,
the social right to issuemoney, security, riskmanagement
Biosphere - fisheries, agriculture, forests, land, pastures, ecosystems, parks, gardens, seeds, food crops, genetic life forms and species, living creatures
Physiosphere - the elements, minerals, inorganic energy, water, climate, atmosphere, stratosphere