Eight of the projects funded under this theme deal with common
property resources (CPRs), primarily forests in India. The issues
covered range from Joint Forest Management in West Bengal to
grassland resource management in Katchch, Gujarat. The projects
cover sustainable management of CPR, benefits to the forest fringe
economy, economic analysis of forest-based livelihood systems,
sustainable extraction levels of forest products, and institutional
aspects associated with CPRs.
The following are the projects funded by
the EERC under Common Property
Resources and Forests
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Project
Title
Principal
Investigator
Executive
Summary
Full
Report
1
Common
Property Resources, Agricultural Development Strategies and
the Poor in West Bengal
Srabani Chakrabarthy, Vishwa Bharati University, WB, India
