Abstract
In the remote mountainous valleys management of natural resources is closely
associated with ownership regimes and perceived importance of resources for
subsistence sustenance. Since livelihood strategies are quite similar in the Himalaya
– Hindu Kush – Karakorum region of North Pakistan; however, the management
techniques and utilization mechanisms adopted by the communities heavily depend
on ownership regimes and availability of these resources within the territorial limits
of a village. Usually, at micro level, locally available resources are kept under
different ownership regimes. Access to, and withdrawal from the common pool
resources is subject to a complicated system of rights, duties and responsibilities.
With the passage of time autochthonous institution have been established for
making appropriation rules without any external intervention. In this paper, an
attempt is made to look into various aspects of ownership regimes, utilization
pattern and management strategies of pasture resources in a remote valley in the
Eastern Hindu Kush. Participant observation and focused group discussion were
used for data collection. The results reveal that ownership and utilization pattern of
the pasture resources is quite complicated. Though the ownerships are still held in
de facto, however, the individual user groups are very effective in utilizing their
resources in a sustainable way.
Fazlur-Rahman, Iffat Tabassum. (2013) Ownership, Management and Utilization of Common Pool Resources in Mehlp Valley, Chitral, North Pakistan, The Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, Volume-21, Issue-3.
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