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|
Community participation
State
Government policy favours active participation
and support of local communities and their grass-root representatives for protection
and development of forests.
Following programmes vindicate such an
approach:
Joint Forest Management (JFM)
For
the purpose of active participation and involvement of local communities in
protection and development of forests on the basis of sharing of usufructs,
Joint Forest Management has been taken in the State on large scale on the
basis of resolution of State Government dated 20.11.91. The progress in
this regard till 2009-10 is as mentioned below
Statement showing progress of Joint
Forest Management Committees up to the financial year 2009-10
|
Sl.
No.
|
Name of Division.
|
No.of JFMCs
formed.
|
Project area
(in
ha.)
|
Afforested area
(in
ha.)
|
No. of families involved
|
|
ST
|
SC
|
OBC
|
General
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Manu
|
42
|
8,654.00
|
2558.00
|
3265
|
59
|
10
|
53
|
3387
|
|
2
|
Kanchanpur
|
39
|
13,185.00
|
1185.00
|
2777
|
2787
|
0
|
875
|
6439
|
|
3
|
Kailashahar
|
23
|
6,079.00
|
1031.00
|
978
|
290
|
291
|
150
|
1709
|
|
4
|
Ambassa
|
46
|
9,428.00
|
5450.00
|
4106
|
618
|
12
|
320
|
5056
|
|
5
|
Udaipur
|
82
|
14,746.00
|
7781.00
|
2501
|
1700
|
1013
|
1474
|
6688
|
|
6
|
Gumti
|
39
|
7,421.00
|
6647.00
|
3087
|
320
|
0
|
72
|
3479
|
|
7
|
Bagafa
|
58
|
15,055.00
|
2882.00
|
2216
|
666
|
0
|
538
|
3420
|
|
8
|
Sadar
|
34
|
13,203.00
|
5245.00
|
2271
|
1614
|
953
|
1218
|
6056
|
|
9
|
Teliamura
|
52
|
30,401.00
|
9246.00
|
4631
|
1137
|
0
|
645
|
6413
|
|
10
|
Trishna Wild Life
|
28(JFMCs)
21(EDCs)
|
8,769.00
|
237.00
|
839
|
435
|
199
|
327
|
1800
|
|
11
|
Sepahijala Wild life.
|
8(EDCs)
|
1,280.00
|
808.00
|
220
|
115
|
0
|
100
|
435
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
472
|
1,28,221
|
43,070
|
26891
|
9741
|
2478
|
5772
|
44882
|
Forest Development Agency
During
the Xth plan, four Centrally Sponsored Schemes
such as Integrated Afforestation and
Eco-development Project (IAEP), Area Oriented fuel wood and Fodder
project(AOFWFP), Association of Scheduled Tribes and Rural Poor in
regeneration of forests (ASTRP) and Non Timber Forest Products project
(NTFP) schemes have been merged into one named National Afforestation
Programme (NAP). The NAP funds are now being channelised through Forest
development agency (FDA). With the direct cash inflows during Xth plan, the FDAs are
implementing developmental works in forest areas through JFMCs. The Forest Development Agency is a confederation
of Joint Forest Management (JFM) Committees. Tripura
is the first State to have Forest Development Agencies in all the
territorial Forest Divisions and Wildlife sanctuaries. The work components relate to
plantations, assisted natural regeneration, silvi-pasture
development, bamboo resource development, medicinal plant development, soil
& moisture conservation works, entry point activities, micro-planning,
fencing etc.
About 15% of the total sanctioned
outlay is generally utilized on Entry Point Activities (EPA). The above
amount is spent for the benefit of the JFM beneficiaries by constituting
Self-Help Groups as per prescriptions of approved microplans.
Through innovative initiatives, the socio- economic empowerment of weaker
sections and poverty alleviation are addressed.
Angan-Ban Prakalp
An innovative and ambitious project
for productive use of fallow land in private holdings, is being implemented
by the Forest Department from 1996-97. Under this scheme it is envisaged to
provide adequate fiscal incentives and technical guidance to beneficiaries
in raising plantation of forestry tree species on upland and non-arable
land of their holdings. The progress in this regard is as mentioned below.
|
Year
|
No. of families covered
|
No. of Gaon
Sabha covered
|
Area of Plantation (ha)
|
|
1996-97
|
1537
|
22
|
510
|
|
1997-98
|
2323
|
33
|
521.48
|
|
1998-99
|
2713
|
46
|
424.05
|
|
1999-00
|
1600
|
41
|
512.96
|
|
2000-01
|
2913
|
56
|
463.22
|
|
2001-02
|
1727
|
61
|
360.73
|
|
2002-03
|
1440
|
31
|
229
|
|
2003-04
|
3647
|
72
|
583.52
|
|
2004-05
|
4174
|
57
|
545.86
|
|
2005-06
|
1722
|
51
|
274.32
|
|
2006-07
|
1661
|
37
|
239.79
|
|
2007-08
|
496
|
56
|
167.32
|
|
2008-09
|
645
|
28
|
120.50
|
|
2009-10
|
293
|
14
|
46.65
|
|
TOTAL
|
26891
|
605
|
4999.4
|
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