The newly created boundaries of forest lands havemade it difficult to identify who exactly possesses the userights. Subsequently, the formation of FUGs is also difficult to implement due to unclear identification ofcommunity members. Unclear boundaries also createconstraints when regulating forest uses. Shared interests, however, can be easily created between the ForestDepartment and elite user groups, as the interests of thesepowerful actors are not affected by the enclosure of forests for conservation purposes because they are able tomeet their own needs from private sources without difficulty.