Heterogeneity, collective action and management sustainability in common property forest resources: case study from the Indian state Odisha

Abhilas Pradhan () and Rabinarayan Patra ()

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2013, vol. 15, issue 4, 979-997

Abstract: Several studies have revealed that the presence of heterogeneity amongst the user groups of common property natural resources considerably affects the effectiveness of resource management and their sustainable use. Primary research conducted in six sample villages from three districts of the Indian state Odisha has found that heterogeneity in economic and social dimensions amongst the members of the management committee acts as major determinants in respect of common property forest resource management. The findings of this piece of work reveal that common property forests are best managed in the villages where the management committee is homogeneous by both social and economic considerations; better managed where the committee members are economically homogeneous but socially heterogeneous; and least managed where the members are socially homogeneous but economically heterogeneous. The same result has been obtained from the composite index developed for the user group’s assessment about the functioning of the forest management institutions in the three study districts of the state Odisha. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Common property resources (CPRs); Environmental degradation; Forest resources; Homogeneity; Heterogeneity; Management group; Natural resources; Over exploitation; Renewable resources; Resource management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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