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Unprotected pastureland areasTree density per hectare in unprotected pasturelands46Access and Use of Forests and Pasture lands (per cent villages)ForestsCollecting fuel woodFree Access 25.0 75.0Governed by Forest Department 75.0 25.0Collecting FodderFree Access 50.0 75.0Governed by Forest Department 50.0 25.0Collecting minor produceFree Access 50.0 75.0Governed by Forest Department 50.0 25.0Pasture landsCollecting fuel wood, fodder andproduceFree Access 100.0 100.0Effectiveness of Rules formed by the Forest Department (per cent villages)Impact of rules enforced by Forest DepartmentNil 100.0Somewhat effective 100.0Very effectiveUse of forests and pasture landsMore than half APL households and more than three-fourth BPL households collectfuelwood from the commons. Similarly, a very high proportion of households collectsgrasses from the common lands.Table 2.2: Percentage of sample households reporting collection of fuel, minorproduce and grasses from forests and Common Property Resources and Averagecollection per annum (Rs)APLBPLHouseholds Collection (Rs) Households Collection (Rs)Project VillagesFuel 96.7 1601 96.7 1014Fruits 8.9 1281 15.7 1382Grass 72.2 1938 58.7 1283Control VillagesFuel 55.8 835 79.5 656Fruits 2.5 367 4.5 557Grass 52.5 984 45.5 949Encroachment of forests and pasture landsWith the exception of one Control Village in the sample, in all other Villages there hasbeen encroachment of the common lands. All existing social groups have engaged inencroachemnt. Very few villages (less than 25 per cent) have described the efforts toremove encroachment somewhat effective or effective. See Table 3.- 11 -