541.
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.
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