Turf and Forest Management in a Garhwal Hill Village

TitleTurf and Forest Management in a Garhwal Hill Village
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication1988
AuthorsMoench M
Book TitleWhose trees?: Proprietary dimensions of forestry
Series Titleseries
Pagination127-136
PublisherWestview Press
CityBoulder, Colorado, USA
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Munglori "Turf" (forest territory) Management, India

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Munglori is a village in Uttaranchal, India. The resource appropriated from Munglori Turf Management is fodder. There is a system of informal, locally recognized rules which are respected in and across villages and through which the local oak forests are managed. These rules supersede national laws and result in a reasonable level of forest management. Both institutional and geographical factors affect the boundary of the resource. From the standpoint of social-ecological systems analysis...
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