Dabi, T. Mitra and A. Bhuyan, D  <br/><br/>
Dependency on common property forest resources: Evidences from few villages of east sang district of Arunachal Pradesh  

 - Social Change and Development   
 - 17(1), Jan, 2020: 51-62 
<br/><br/> Forest resources are life supporting in rural North-East India. Culture, tradition, ethos and indigenous knowledge of people of the region to a great extent are influence by forest; hence conservation and sustainable use of forest has become the priority. Based on household level primary data from few villages of East Siang district, this study attempts to bring out the importance of the Common Property Forest Resources (CPRs) in the rural economy in spite of gradual commercialization of forest economy in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. However, there is diversity in degree and nature of forest dependency among different socio-economic groups. The present analysis deals on the forest dependency among different economic categories poor and non-poor. In addition an attempt is also made to determine the significant socio-economic variables determining the forest dependency. It is found that the household’s characteristics such as size of landholdings, education, livestock and distance from market significantly affect the dependency on community forests.- Reproduced