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Title: Development


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Development of Forest Housing
Corporation presented by Dr. Bipin
Behari Deputy Inspector General of
Forests Ministry of Environment
Forests Government of India e-mail
b.behari_at_nic.in
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The National Forest Commission made following
two recommendations for the welfare of the
forestry front line staff to enhance their
efficiency and there by improve forest staff and
community relations. Recommendation 291 For
the welfare of the service (housing, educational
facilities for children, conveyance, facilities
for maintaining physical fitness, grievances
handling and counseling etc.), the State
Governments should establish Forest Services
Beneficiary Funds. Recommendation 300 Making
frontline staff a satisfied lot is a most
important tool for achieving effective
conservation and management of forest. For this,
it is necessary that their housing problem is
addressed. Keeping in view the remoteness of the
posting of the frontline staff, they are not in a
position to keep their families at their place of
posting. It is, therefore, recommended that
Forest Housing Corporations be created by every
State Government to construct primarily family
accommodations for the frontline staff. An
adequate corpus fund be allotted to the proposed
corporations for their effective functioning.
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  • Mission
  • Construction of office buildings and family
    accommodation for forest personnel to enhance
    their efficiency and to improve their community
    relations, which will further ensure optimized
    quality towards achieving sustainable
    development.
  • Objectives
  • The main objectives to be persued as per the
    Memorandum of Association
  • To undertake construction of buildings for
    housing the employees of the State Forest
    Department in the city / town, Range, Beat etc.
  • To undertake construction of the buildings for
    the offices of Beat, Ranges, SDOs and other such
    allied offices of Research and Training as per
    the requirement.
  • To undertake all kinds of construction and allied
    works alongwith the welfare activities required
    for the State Forest Staff from time to time.
  • To formulate and execute various housing schemes
    for serving and retired employee of the Forest
    Department.

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  • Organizational Structure of the Corporation
  • Forest Housing Corporation may be formed under
    the Companies Act, 1956 like the State Police
    Housing Corporation Limited which are all
    government companies with 100 share holding
    subscribed by the State Government.
  • The States / UTs may explore the possibility of
    developing such State Forest Housing Corporation
    Limited for the welfare of forest staff
    especially the front line staff.

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Adoption of Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainable Forest Management
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Sustainable Forest Management key to Sustainable
Development
  • Within the broad frame work of sustainable
    development, SFM should ensure that values
    desired from forests meet present day needs,
    while ensuring that the forests maintain a
    quantity and quality that contributes to long
    term development needs (FAO, 1993)

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  •  
  • Sustainable Forest Management
  •  
  • The National Task Force on Sustainable Forest
    Management recommended for the creation of a
    Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Cell in the
    Ministry of Environment and Forests.
  • Sustainable Forest Management refers to the use
    and conservation of forests for the benefit of
    the present and future generations, whereas
    Criteria and Indicators (CI) are used to define,
    assess and monitor the progress towards
    Sustainable Forest Management.

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  • Bhopal India Process
  • The Bhopal India process (1999), coordinated by
    IIFM, Bhopal, aimed at setting up the National
    level Criteria and Indicators to assess the
    Sustainable Forest Management in India.
  • The deliberations under Bhopal -India Process led
    to the identification of 8 National level
    criteria and 43 indicators, applicable at the
    National level for Indian forest management.

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Criteria and indicators for Sustainable Forest
Management National Working Plan Code Ministry of
Environment Forests Government of India New
Delhi, June 2004 The Government of India, the
State Government, and IIFM-Bhopal are in the
process of finalizing the Criteria and Indicators
for monitoring and evaluation of Sustainable
Forest Management. As and when these are
finalized, the monitoring and evaluation of
implementation of the working plan will be done
accordingly.
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  • The Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable
    Forest Management (SFM) need to be adopted with
    the active participation of the States / UTs
    before they are incorporated into the Working
    Plan Code.
  • It is necessary to develop the Standards which
    are pre-requisite for the development of Forest
    Certification mechanism in the country.

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Forest Certification Looking the development
of global scenario, it has become imperative to
have a National policy on 'certification'. From
domestic (National) point of view also,
certification is necessary to ensure the
continuity of forest goods and services through
SFM approach.
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  • Forest Certification has emerged as a
    market-based mechanism in support of Sustainable
    Forest Management (SFM).
  • Certification initiatives rely on consumers
    exercising purchasing choice in favour of
    products labeled, as originating from forests
    certified as being sustainably managed.
  • Certification and Eco-labeling are the new
    mantras to enhance the product positioning for a
    premium price on one hand and ensuring better
    forest management practices on the other hand.

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First Meeting of SFM Cell held on 26 27th July,
2007
  • Recommendations (Action States / UTs)
  • Like the SFM Cell in the Ministry, all the States
    and UTs must create SFM Cell with similar Terms
    of References and Functions.
  • The harmonized / improved Criteria and Indicators
    developed under Bhopal-India Process may be
    operationalised by all the States /UTs in India
    and their comments may be obtained.
  • The State Governments must take necessary steps
    to sensitize / create awareness among their staff
    and the members of the JFM committees for SFM
    through CI.
  • The State Governments / UTs Administration must
    avail the opportunity of necessary funding for
    these activities under NNRMS Scheme of Ministry
    of Environment and Forests.
  • The CI for SFM once accepted at the National
    level may be incorporated in the Working plan
    code making it mandatory for the States to
    prepare the Working Plan accordingly.
  • The outcome of the two days meeting of SFM Cell
    (26 27th July, 2007) and working draft of CI
    may be sent to all the States / UTs, IIFM and all
    members, attending invitees and concerned for
    their comments within a month.

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  • Responses of States / UTs
  • Creation of a Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
    Cell
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Karnataka.
  • Comments on improved / modified 8 Criteria and 37
    Indicators
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu

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  • Financial resources for operationalisation of
    Criteria and Indicators in the field for
    Sustainable Forest Management
  • State Forest Schemes / research programme or
    project of Indian Institute of Forest Management
    (IIFM).
  • XIth Five Year Plan
  • Financial support from ITTO etc. International
    Organisations.
  • National Natural Resources Management System
    (NNRMS) scheme of the Ministry.

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National Natural Resources Management System
(NNRMS) The programme supports research aimed
at optimal utilisation of remote sensing
alongwith conventional data for addressing key
environmental and ecological issues such as
management of forests, grasslands, faunal
resources, wetlands, coastal areas including
mangroves and coral resources, land degradation,
impact of developmental activities etc. (Contact
person Dr. R. K. Suri, Additional Director, MoEF)
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Minutes of the 21st Meeting of the National
Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS)
Standing Committee on Bio-Resources and
Environment held at MoEF, New Delhi on 29th
November, 2006
  • Thrust areas for the XIth Plan
  • National wetland inventory (150000 scale
    inventory) and creation of spatial database
    including providing information in GIS domain to
    the Users
  • Forest encroachment assessment
  • Forest Working Plan (to be initiated in about 50
    Forest Divisions) including Criteria Indicators
    for Sustainable Forest Management
  • Desertification Status Mapping of India at 150
    000 scale Desertification vulnerability early
    warning
  • Atmospheric pollutants retrieval techniques (CO,
    NO2 , SO2 , CH4 etc.)
  • Biodiversity conservation in eco-sensitive zones
    (Biosphere reserves, national parks and
    sanctuaries)
  • Training Capacity Building

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