Under such circumstances,conflicts over boundaries occurred at the panchayat level,due to this system of seeing a community as a physicalunit and ignoring individual roles in forest management.It is difficult now to identify who possesses the legitimate rights to management due to the overlappingboundaries. The emergence of conflicts between indigenous communities and newly established communities for control of community forestry programmes cannot be avoided, as both lay claim to the right of managing the same areas. Lacking clearly recognised boundaries leads to difficulties in establishing co-operation andcollective actions with others.