The common properties in Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh have been degraded due to curtailment of right by the Forest Department, government policy relating to modernization of the central economy, deployment of military and settlement programs in the land of indigenous people. Therefore, in the context of common property management, the research study aimed to identify state's role on conversion of indigenous people's common property and also discovered customary practices of the indigenous people. The findings of the study reveal that government policy regarding conservation of forest...