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Chhattisgarh State Forest Policy, 2001

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Chhattisgarh
Document type
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Forest species Forestry protection measures Traditional rights/customary rights Indigenous peoples Cultural heritage
Geographical area
Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

In furtherance to the National Forest Policy of 1988, the State established a forest policy for forest conservation. As per the Policy, the basic objectives are to unlock the vast array of forest resources on sustainable basis for enhanced well-being of local people, the maintenance of environmental stability through preservation and where necessary, restoration of ecological balance and the increase of forest and tree cover in forest deficient districts through afforestation and agro forestry/ farm forestry programmes. The essentials and strategies of forest management under the Policy include promoting forest education, recognizing traditional rights and concessions of entry into forests and use of the produce there of, by the people living in and around the forest areas and application of Information Technology into Forestry through development of a comprehensive forest database in the State.

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