This research project aims at understanding the implications of common forest land privatization on the state of forests resources, on the welfare of households receiving land titles and on the welfare of populations living in nearby areas. The Forest Rights Act (FRA), a law passed in 2006 in India, formally recognizes the rights of Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) to claim titles on land that they were occupying for a long enough period of time.
