David Samson is a Field manager with the restoration project at ATREE. He has worked on the conservation and restoration of forest landscapes, especially tribal areas of central India where his roles were majorly based on problem identification and developing landscape and ecosystem-based mitigation methodologies for interventional success. His skill set lies in identifying the bottlenecks in the institutional functioning and developing necessary legitimate governance mechanisms for improved management and access of common property resources. Working on diverse landscapes, identifying issues associated with commons and exploring community based solutions for the same is his key area of interest.