Indonesia’s Renewable Natural Resource Management in the Low-Carbon Transition: A Conundrum in Changing Trajectories
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript is on a relevant thematic area of contemporary relevance in the context of prisoner’s dilemma problems around sustainable management of landscapes and critical natural resources are highly contested. The authors present a very well-informed review based on theoretical and empirical literature on PD.
The review appears to be very elaborate and the authors do an appreciable job. However, one of the major problems that a reader would encounter while reading the paper in the present form, is that it doesn’t present a structure of the paper, in terms of clear statement of the research context, the objectives, the methodology adopted and a statement indicating how the manuscript is developed/ organised by sections.
I also suggest that the author(s) could develop a schematic chart giving a visual summary of the review presented in the paper.
Further, the entire manuscript needs a re-reading in which the authors should address all the typographical and editorial problems that I have indicated in the manuscript reviewed version as attached.
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Reviewer 2 Report
I have read the manuscript titled “Understanding the Prisoner’s Dilemma in Natural Resource Management: A Review”. I have the following comments:
- - Here you only considered renewable natural resources and you did not considered the application of prisoner dilemma in nonrenewable resources (e.g. oil. Mineral etc.), I assume you wanted to review the application of prisoner’s dilemma in the renewable natural resources. Hence, the title should change according to it.
- - In addition, you have to add a paragraph about the classification of natural resources in the introduction. Then you have to write why you are going to review the prisoner’s dilemma in renewable resources. You need also mention it in the discussion.
- The improper management of natural resources is an important issue in resource depletion. How it can be included in a game theory?
- -What is the importance of this study to the policy makers? You can mention it in the discussion.
- There are some language problems and needs revision.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The submitted article is interesting, on the other hand, it could be improved. I recommend the following modifications:
1) in the Results section - add a comparison table of the most interesting results
2) in the Discussion section
- place the results in a broader framework, economic and policy background
- discuss specific possibilities for using the results where there are currently gaps
- discuss possible differences in the use of the results between developing and developed countries, countries with different locations
3) in the Conclusion section, highlight the added value of this paper
Good luck in improving the article.
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Reviewer 4 Report
I have read the paper with interest and it is well written and has some interest as a review of the application of the well-known prisoner's dilemma in natural resource management. However, I am not entirely sure that the contribution is enough to be published in Sustainability. In any case, if the other reviewers think that the contribution is enough to be published, I will have no objection.
Author Response
Thanks for your feedback and comment about our manuscript entitled ‘Understanding the Prisoner’s Dilemma in Renewable Natural Resources Management: A Review.". Your feedback motivated us to strengthen the article to meet the strict standards of the Sustainability Journal.
Reviewer 5 Report
This paper identifies the latest debate around the Prisoner’s Dilemma, analysing the d eterminants, and formulate strategies for optimizing the outcome of the dilemma in the forest and natural resources management. This is a classic topic in natural resource management, and although the motivation behind this research is encouraging, I cannot understand the contribution of this manuscript. The biggest concern of this manuscript is the need to enhance the depth and contribution of research.
A major concern is that this manuscript does not have research materials or subjects. This manuscript is actually a very good summary of the textbook content. If this manuscript needs to be published, I suggest that it must take a certain region or country as a research case in certain natural resource management fields, and apply the knowledge framework of the manuscript to practical problems.
The first half of the abstract is not a study of this manuscript, which is unnecessary. The abstract needs to clarify its research materials, research methods, and main findings. The abstract of this manuscript contains no useful information other than the topic information.
This manuscript is not a contribution to the prisoner's dilemma theory, but rather aims to contribute to the issue of natural resource management. Therefore, the introduction should start from the practical issues of natural resource management. Most of the content in the introduction deviates from this theme.
This manuscript should clarify its research motivation and contribution.
Section 2 presents the prisoner's dilemma in natural resource management from both literature and theory perspectives. However, these literature lacks summary and organization, and listing a large number of literature is not enough. This manuscript should identify academic issues and propose theories from the literature.
Section 3 develops a theoretical framework based on the characteristics of prisoner's dilemma, and I suggest that this manuscript provide a graphical framework. In addition, more space should be devoted to discussing natural resource management.
This manuscript provides some strategies to address these issues, but there are no specific measures. For example, strategies to change the structure of a game are well-known methods.
Some specific measures need to be included in the research, which requires specific cases or research subjects.
The format of this manuscript is inconsistent with MDPI magazine.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
I suggest that the authors address the comments/ suggestions marked on the pdf version of the manuscript.
The following comments are also to be addressed.
1. The literature reviewed in the manuscript seems dated and needs to be updated by incorporating some of the latest important studies on the topic. There are hardly any studies published during 2020-23 find a place in the manuscript. This is a serious missing of the paper given the importance of the problem discussed. 2. Though the author(s) explore the PD problem in the renewable natural resources context of Indonesia, the specific contexts of the natural resources and the PD problems is currently missing in the paper and needs to be more elaborated within the broader perspectives of the literature reviewed.Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
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Reviewer 5 Report
1.The author claimed to finish the work, but he didn't. Section 3 develops a theoretical framework based on the characteristics of prisoner’s dilemma, and I suggest that this manuscript provide a graphical framework. 2.This revised version attempts to gain research support from the literature, which is good. However, I suggest that this manuscript should discuss the research progress and future trends of these documents. 3.In addition, can this manuscript enrich the theoretical analysis through some examples? 1-2 sentences per example is fine.
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