Project Objective

The aims and objectives of the Society shall be to restore degraded forests and improve the livelihood aspects of villagers, including tribal families engaged in traditional shifting cultivation and promoting sustainable forest managements through JFM, there by improving environment and alleviating poverty.

Responsibilities :

i) Restoration of degraded forests with active participation of the people in selected villages following the joint forest management approach, preparing and implementing area specific & integrated micro plans

ii) Promotion of community/tribal development through own initiative and convergence of development schemes

iii) Enhancing capacity of participating communities, and the members of the Project Management Unit (PMU) & Divisional management Units (DMU) and other staff engaged in the Project

iv) Raising plantation modules

v) Adoption of modern techniques of scientific management for accelerated benefits from integrated development programmes

vi) Effective dissemination of information through appropriate extension activities

vii) Achieving convergence and synergy through co-ordination of activities of various agencies engaged in development of forester sector

viii) Carrying out any further activities in the furtherance of the above objectives