● Common property means common property for the group.

● The underlying norm here is that members of the group have both rights and duties with respect to nature, level of use and the maintenance of a given resource.

● In India, many village communities have defined the rights and responsibilities of its members through years of practice and mutual understanding.

● Many factors have caused a reduction in the size, quality, and availability of common property such as privatisation, agricultural intensification, ecosystem degradation.