Afforestation News
The land-owning agency said the ministry should at least relax the guidelines issued under the Forest Conservation Act.
The ministry should allow compensatory afforestation for the projects implemented by the Centre and PSUs on degraded forest land in the neighbouring states.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the state budget for forests shall remain unaffected and the fund being transferred would be in addition to the state budget.
As a progressive state, Karnataka has a significant role to play in achieving the targets envisaged under India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), a group of leading scientists and researchers said Wednesday.
The Mangaluru forest circle has a total geographical area of 8,64,563 hectares with 2,87,641.19 hectares of notified forest area.
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