Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) form a major part of the subsistence economy of the forest dwelling community in India. Estimates show that nearly 275 million people are dependent on NTFPs and the revenue generated by the NTFP trade is over Rs. 6,000/- crores per annum (Planning Commission, 2013). With the increasing NTFP diversification and growing popularity of forest products in the market, it is believed that its contribution to the rural economy is going to increase in the near future (Sahu, 2018). The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (hereafter FRA), is an important piece of legislation that creates the opportunity for the emergence of democratic decentralised models for NTFP governance. Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights is a provision of the FRA that explicitly confers the rights of extraction and sale of minor NTFPs to Gram Sabhas. Once recognised, CFR rights allow the Gram Sabhas to replace the ageold exclusionary practice of NTFP management by the Forest Department with a model that is democratic and representative of the collective interests of the community (CFR-LA, 2016). One such example of a collective action model that emerged post CFR rights recognition is that of Korchi Mahagramsabha (KMGS). KMGS is a coalition of Gram Sabhas of 87 villages in the Korchi block in Maharashtra (Figure 1). The objective of the coalition is to enable Gram Sabhas to procure and sell tendu leaves (diospyros melanoxylon) on their own.