| Title | Declining instituted collective management practices and forest quality in the central himalayas |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Balooni K, Ballabh V, Inoue M |
| Journal | Economic and Political Weekly |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pagination | 1443-1452 |
| Source Document | Accessible with appropriate permission |
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Parwara Van Panchayat Forest | Case |
| Parwara is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India and forests comprise broad-leaved species such as oak. Resources appropriated from the Parwara forests are timber, grass, and leaves. The authors Vishwa Ballabh and Katar Singh, first visited Parwara in 1988 to evaluate the factors that enabled collective action by the panchayat. Based on the initial assessment from a Social-Ecological Sytems (SES) perspective in 1988, the Panchayat was considered successful in managing... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Parwara village Van Panchayat: Institutional change | Case |
| The main appropriated resources are grass, used mainly for cattle grazing and compost, and forest tress, used mostly for fuel wood and construction timber. Almost all of the total resource units appropriated in the Parwara Van Panchayat (VP) forest are officially regulated by the Parwara Van Panchayat Committee (VPC), timber and resin are regulated by the state Forest Department. The Nainital District Magistrate, and the Van Panchayat Inspector, who is employed by the state Revenue Department,... | 09 Aug 2016 |