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Vision Statement of Forest Department
Ever Improving and sustained flow of goods and services to the
entire population with maximum livelihood opportunities consistent with
conservation and enhancement of ecology and environment of the State.
Mission Statement of Forest Department
Enhancement of the Social Face of Forestry in Tripura through increase in Economic Welfare of the
populace of the State.
Enhancement and Improvement in Forest Crop composition by
promoting mixed, specially indigenous, species and changes in silviculture priority for meeting ecological,
socio-economic and industrial needs.
Strengthening of participatory and
Community Forest
Resource Management.
E-governance for transparency and speedy implementation of
Policies, Schemes, and Projects
The motto of the Forest Department is “Ecological Stability for
Socio-Economic Security of the People of the State”. Activities of the department aim at
managing renewable natural resources of the State for sustained flow of
goods and benefits (tangible and intangible) to the dependent communities
and the society as a whole.
The main objectives are:
Prevention of degradation of resources and improving their
quality.
Restoration of degraded forest land.
Maintaining ecological balance and ecological restoration
Creation of livelihood opportunities through sustainable use
of resources.
Other topical issues like climate change and generation of
synergy with other organs of the Govt are also
being addressed.
The strategies adopted are:
Quantitative and qualitative appraisal of forestry and
biodiversity resources in the State for informed planning, execution and
monitoring.
Improving the natural resource base of the State and
conservation of biodiversity for “Livelihood Support” and “Sustainable
Economic Security” and prevention and mitigation of climate change
effects.
Ecological recovery/restoration through protection of
ecosystems and strengthening of Infrastructure.
Capacity building, Technological Interventions, Human
Resource Development, Research and Development, Awareness and Education.
The following Programmes have been
designed to achieve the objectives:
Programme I:Natural Resource Appraisal
and Inventorization.
Programme II:Consolidation and
qualitative improvement of Resources.
Programme III:Capacity Building
for Goal Realization.
ProgrammeIV:People’s intervention in Policy making, Programme
Implementation and Sustainable Utilization of Resources.
The approach includes involvement of active participation of
forest dwelling and fringe communities in implementation of the programmes.
Special features of the work programmes
are:
Synergy with other departments to achieve holistic
development by convergence of funds and efforts.
Creation of bamboo and medicinal plantations over plots on
which forest rights have been recognized under “The Schedule Tribes and
other Traditional
Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006”. These plantations shall
become a source of income
generation to beneficiary.
Preventive and mitigation measure to counter threats of
climate change as follow:-
Preventive measures
Taking up enrichment planting to increase density of forests
for improved carbon sequestration.
Large scale bamboo plantation for quicker carbon
sequestration
Control of shifting cultivation through regrouped village
together with income generation measures to avoid carbon leakage.
Introduction of energy saving devices like improved chulhas(stoves)
and efficient cookers.
Mass awareness generation through eco-parks urging people to
reduce energy consumption and take other environmental-friendly steps.
Mitigation measures
Creation of large number of check dams to control floods and
for soil and water conservation.
Large scale riverbank plantation for control of erosion and
flood mitigation This will be done in consultation with PWD (Water
Resource ) Department
Creation of high-tech nurseries on a large scale to support
massive afforestation/ reforestation drive.
This will be supplemented with creation of large scale decentralized
people’s nurseries.
Provision for enough timber depots for proper storage
of timber
Creation of the Wetland Authority of Tripura for conservation of wetland and associated
biodiversity
Achievements and further targets are given below
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Activity with targets set in 2006
(within brackets) in
ha.
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Achievements
2006-07
to
2009-10 (ha)
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Target for
2010-11 to
2012-13
(ha)
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Total (ha)
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Enrichment of degraded forests(22900)
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40951.92
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39048.00
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80000
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Development of bamboo resources(13300)
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19058.62
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21000.00
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40058.62
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Creation of water areas (---)
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842.48
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1157.52
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2000.00
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Creation of medicinal plantations (---)
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1373.33
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626.67
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2000.00
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Creation of Jatropha
and mucana plantations(--)
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3907.57
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92.50
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4000.00
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Creation of river bank plantations(---)
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141.24 (257
Km)
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358.76 (658
Km)
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500.00 (915
Km)
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Other achievements
during this period are
Formation of State Biodiversity board and formulation of
rules
Policies on bio-fuel, medicinal plants, media, depot
management in place
Formation of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Rationalization of timber prices
Launching of
Forest Department Website
List of all
created/ existing check dams compiled with GPS readings
Sawmill rules
modified to exclude timber/furniture shops
Compulsory training
for IFS officer started from 2006. This is very highly rated,
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