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Status and Scenario of Common Property Resources (CPRs) in Theni District of Tamil Nadu: A Case Study
Dr. A. Kannan, A. Ramar
Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications, 1(1), pp. 48-59.

Abstract
This paper analyses the status of CPRs in Theni district over the period of 1996 to 2012 by using secondary data which are obtained from statistical handbook of the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. The result reveals that the areas under the CPRs have declined in the study district in general and the study village in particular and there is no large changes in the forest cover area. The Private Property Resources (PPRs) have increased continuously partly due to encroachments of CPRs by the private individuals and partly by developmental programmes of the state government.

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Kannan, Dr. A., & Ramar, A. (2013). Status and Scenario of Common Property Resources (CPRs) in Theni District of Tamil Nadu: A Case Study. Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications, 1(1), pp. 48-59.

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A. Kannan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Economics, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Doctoral Degree from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli in 2009. He served in A.V.C. College and Bharathidasan University as Lecturer, Project Fellow, Project Assistant, Project Associate and Research Officer in the Department of Economics, Environmental Management and Women’s Studies respectively. Dr. Kannan is well trained in computer applications in statistical analysis. He has published two research papers in internationally reputed journal and twelve papers in nationally reputed journal and a book to his credit. He has received two Major Research Projects on Common Property Resources in Environmental Economics funded by University Grants Commission (UGC) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi for the period of 2012-2014.

A. Ramar is a Research Assistant, ICSSR, Major Research Project, Department of Environmental Economics, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Post Graduate Degree from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. He has published one research paper in an international journal and one paper in a nationally reputed journal and he passed State Eligibility Test (SET- 2012) for Lectureship conducted by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.