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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Agrawal, Arun |
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Conference:
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Reinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Bodoe, Norway |
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Conf. Date:
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May 24-28, 1995 |
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Date:
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1995 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1239
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Sector:
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Social Organization
Land Tenure & Use
Forestry |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
collective action--case studies
forest management--case studies
Himalayas
indigenous institutions
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Abstract:
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"Recognizing the significance of local communities and institutions in global environmental outcomes, this study focuses on village van panchayats (forest management councils) in Almora district in the Middle Indian Himalayas. Three objectives motivate the paper: to examine the relationship between state initiatives on resource policy-making and local level outcomes; to provide some first indications of the multiple configurations of user behavior, institutional rules and resource management outcomes at the local level; and, to address a puzzling finding of the research -- why should relatively larger villages find it easier to create and maintain local forest management institutions, and achieve better protection of their forests than smaller villages in the same administrative-ecological setting."
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