<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/971/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name></publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--38-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>&lt;p&gt;Natural Resource Management in Eastern Himalaya: A case study of fringe Villages of Shergaon Forest Division, Arunachal Pradesh&lt;/p&gt;</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff001'><sup>1</sup><instname></instname>,<deptname>Department of Forestry</deptname>, <instaddress>North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology</instaddress>, <instcity>Nirjuli</instcity>, <instcountry>India</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2017-01-04</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.11.3.15</doi><volume>Volume 11</volume><issue>Volume 11</issue><page>800-807</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;The natural resource management (NRM) practice has been considered as an important aspect of ethnic communities. The present study emphasized on the documentation of NRM practices of the Sherdukpen tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. The study was done in the three fringe villages Membachur, Mukhuthing and Thongre of Shergaon Forest division, West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. The data was collected  from 97 informants through questionnaire. The NRM practices of Sherdukpen tribe consisted of traditional maize cultivation, management of individual forest, community forest, etc. About 90% of the tribe are involved in farming practice. The average agricultural land holding and average individual forest land holding per HH that range from 0.72 ha to 1.2 ha and 0.6 ha to 0.8 ha, respectively.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>NRM</kwd><kwd> Sherdukpen</kwd><kwd> West Kameng</kwd><kwd> Panchayat</kwd><kwd> Village Council</kwd><kwd> Forest</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>