Forest ministry unveils 4 new projects
The Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Namo Narain Meena has said that four new projects for sustainable forestry and its management with community participation would be implemented in the country soon.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: The Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Namo Narain Meena has said that four new projects for sustainable forestry and its management with community participation would be implemented in the country soon.
These will be in addition to two ongoing projects namely "Operationalizing of Sustainable Forestry Development with Community Participation in India running" by Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal and Sustainable Management of Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP), in Maharashtra, he said.
Mr Meena was inaugurating a Multi-stake holders' National Workshop for further strengthening of sustainable forest management in the country during the current visit of International Tropical Timber Organisation Diagnostic/Technical Mission to India in NOIDA.
He stated that Tripura's project for Tribal Shifting Cultivators has also been approved by ITTO. Viable economic activities will be provided to tribals under this project. The funding is awaited for this, he added. It has also approved financial support to strengthen the forestry database, a project being implemented by Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehradun.
Mr Meena said the forest resource is one of the important and crucial resources for prosperity of the Nation and its people. The problems manifested by the degradation of forest's eco-systems affects everyone of us, particularly ,rural and poor community ,as it directly interferes with their livelihoods.
It is absolutely essential to preserve our forest resources and manage it on sustainable basis so as to ensure security of livelihood of the forest dependent communities and the ecological security of the country. Realising this need to increase productivity he further said, the government has already adopted the Joint Forest Management (JFM).
The National Forest Policy ,1988, also emphasises the maintenance of environment and stability of eco-systems as well as people's participation in management and conserving forests. This have to be based on the needs of all the concerned stakeholders.
He said India is a producer member of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) and is committed to the "Year 2000 Objective" for operationalizing sustainable Forest Management. The government has initiated several steps to control and reverse the unsustainable trend in forest management and to move towards sustainable forestry.
These will be in addition to two ongoing projects namely "Operationalizing of Sustainable Forestry Development with Community Participation in India running" by Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal and Sustainable Management of Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP), in Maharashtra, he said.
Mr Meena was inaugurating a Multi-stake holders' National Workshop for further strengthening of sustainable forest management in the country during the current visit of International Tropical Timber Organisation Diagnostic/Technical Mission to India in NOIDA.
He stated that Tripura's project for Tribal Shifting Cultivators has also been approved by ITTO. Viable economic activities will be provided to tribals under this project. The funding is awaited for this, he added. It has also approved financial support to strengthen the forestry database, a project being implemented by Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehradun.
Mr Meena said the forest resource is one of the important and crucial resources for prosperity of the Nation and its people. The problems manifested by the degradation of forest's eco-systems affects everyone of us, particularly ,rural and poor community ,as it directly interferes with their livelihoods.
It is absolutely essential to preserve our forest resources and manage it on sustainable basis so as to ensure security of livelihood of the forest dependent communities and the ecological security of the country. Realising this need to increase productivity he further said, the government has already adopted the Joint Forest Management (JFM).
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The National Forest Policy ,1988, also emphasises the maintenance of environment and stability of eco-systems as well as people's participation in management and conserving forests. This have to be based on the needs of all the concerned stakeholders.
He said India is a producer member of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) and is committed to the "Year 2000 Objective" for operationalizing sustainable Forest Management. The government has initiated several steps to control and reverse the unsustainable trend in forest management and to move towards sustainable forestry.
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