A one-day seminar, conducted jointly by ForestAction and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on the management of common property resources and equity was organized and held with the objective of documenting case studies incorporating evidences, lessons and insights to facilitate the mainstreaming of equity and poverty concerns in the management of common property resources, especially those in community forestry and farmer management irrigation systems, rangeland management and watershed management. Thirteen papers were presented on different aspects of common property resources, including seven case studies. The proceedings of the seminar have also been published in February 2004.