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Pachgaon Community Forest

The Pachgaon Gram Sabha manages 1,006 hectares of forest through recognised Community Forest Resource rights, combining democratic decisions with forest protection and bamboo harvesting and sales for local livelihoods.

Catalog details

CommonProject.id: pachgaon-community-forest
Operating status: unknown
Editorially reviewed: 2026-08-04
Next review: 2026-09-04

Themes

forest
land-commons
community-land
commons-governance
biodiversity

Ways to engage

learn

Public locations

Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, India — broad district anchor

Official and evidenced links

Official website
Learn

Sources

ATREE CFR – Study visit to Pachgaon · cfr.atree.org — 2026-08-04
Government of Maharashtra – About the Forest Rights Act · trti.maharashtra.gov.in — 2026-08-04

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