The local management unit, comprising i) a number of persons bounded by a shared culture, consisting of e.g. language, religion, social organization and values; and ii) the surrounding environment which provides the basis of their livelihood and the focus of their subsistence activities. The spatial character of the community, meaning the habitation part as well as the surrounding environment, may or may not be clearly delineated from the point of view of the outside (the term "village" accordingly should not be used). There will often be disagreements between the members of the community and the State as to the spatial extent of the community and the character and extent of the rights to extraction of natural resources (Kuper and Kuper, 1989).