Social Forestry
There
are provisions under the National Forest Policy, 1988 to encourage a
need-based and time bound programme of afforestation and tree planting
through afforestation, social forestry & farm forestry with
involvement of local communities. The Policy encourages planting of
trees alongside roads, railway lines, rivers and streams and canals, and
on other unutilized lands under State/corporate, institutional or
private ownership including creation of green belts in urban/industrial
areas as well as in arid tracts.
At present there are two major afforestation schemes namely National
Afforestation Programme (NAP) and National Mission for a Green India
(GIM) operational in the Ministry. Both these schemes are implemented
in participatory mode under Joint Forest Management (JFM) approach. NAP
is aimed at afforestation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and
adjoining areas whereas GIM aims at increasing the forest cover of
country along with improving its quality. There is a component under GIM
to support forestry on farm lands for taking up Agro-forestry and
Social forestry.
This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Anil Madhav Dave, in a
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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