?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7697%2F&rft.title=Rural+common+property+resources%3A+a+growing+crisis&rft.creator=Jodha%2C+N+S&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=In+India%2C+common+property+resourcesinclude+community+pastures%2C+community+forests%2C+wastelands%2Ccommon+dumping+and+threshing+grounds%2C+watershed+drainages%2C+village+ponds%2C+rivers%2C+rivulets%2C+their+banks+and+beds.+These+CPRs+are+among+the+most+neglected+areas+in+development+planning.+To+all+but+the+poorest+they+are+almost+invisible.+Thispaper%2C+by+focusing+on+CPRs+in+India%2C+documents+micro-level+evidence+on+the+contribution+of+CPRs+to+poor+people's+livelihoods%2C+their+steep+declines+in+area+and+production+over+the+last+40+years%2C+the+collapse+of+traditional+management+systems%2C+and+the+consequent+pauperisation+of+the+poor.+Inconclusion%2C+the+author+suggests+courses+for+immediate+action+to+offset+some+of+these+alarming+trends+&rft.publisher=International+Institute+for+Environment+and+Development&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7697%2F1%2FRP%25206974.pdf&rft.identifier=++Jodha%2C+N+S++(1990)+Rural+common+property+resources%3A+a+growing+crisis.++Documentation.+International+Institute+for+Environment+and+Development%2C+London%2C+UK.+++++