Maharashtra Forest Department Explained

The Maharashtra Forest Department is a department of the Indian state of Maharashtra responsible for forestry and wildlife management.[1] [2]

The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in Nagpur. There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal. The three wildlife circles are Wildlife Borivali, Wildlife Nagpur and Wildlife Nashik.[3] The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the chief of the forest division in Maharashtra.[4] Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.[5] [6]

33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive

To fight climate change and droughts in Maharashtra, the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.[7] It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1 July to 30 September in the State of Maharastra.[8] [9] The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.[10] In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Maharashtra leads in forest management. The Asian Age . Sonali . Telang. 3 April 2018.
  2. News: Maharashtra Forest Department To Do Away From Waterhole Census From 2018. 11 April 2018. Ranjeet . Jadhav . mid-day.com.
  3. Web site: Contacts. Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra.
  4. Web site: Maharashtra Forest Department.
  5. Web site: Welcome to Forest Rights Act website.
  6. Book: Forest Policy and Tribal Development: A Study of Maharashtra . 87. 8170224187. Rucha Suresh . Ghate . 1992 . Concept Publishing Company. New Delhi.
  7. News: Mazhar . Ali . CM to launch drive to plant 33cr trees from Anandwan Nagpur News - Times of India . 18 March 2020 . The Times of India . en.
  8. News: Ramakrishnan . Suniyakrishnan . Maha Govt Accomplishes Ambitious Initiative, Plants 33 Crore Trees . 18 March 2020 . The Live Nagpur . 26 September 2019.
  9. News: Press Trust of India . Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur . 18 March 2020 . Business Standard India . 1 July 2019.
  10. News: Pinjarkar . Vijay . Maharashtra achieves 33 crore plantation target Nagpur News - Times of India . The Times of India . en.
  11. News: Mahamulkar . Sujit . MVA backs BJP's tree plantation drive Mumbai News - Times of India . 18 March 2020 . The Times of India . en.

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