Elements of social learning approach in managing forest as a common property: A perspective from the ANRM from a hill village of eastern Nepal

The paper has two-fold objectives as follows: (i) furnish briefly the conceptual understanding of the anthropology of natural resources management vis-a-vis the theoretical underpinnings for  managing the 'commons', and (ii) present an analytical discussion on the experience of the evolution of the elements of social learning approach for the sustained management of forest as a 'commons' - the function of the process of participatory action research.