Maharashtra Forest Department

  1. Home
  2. Wiki

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

Maharashtra Forest Department
महाराष्ट्र वनविभाग
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Maharashtra
HeadquartersNagpur, Maharashtra
Minister responsible
  • Sri Ganesh Naik, Ministry of Environment, Forest Science and Technology
Agency executive
  • Smt. Shoumita Biswas, IFS, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF)
Websitehttp://mahaforest.gov.in
District wise contribution for 33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive from 1 July to 30 September 2019

The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in Nagpur. There are 11 territorial forest circles in

  1. Amravati,
  2. Aurangabad,
  3. Chandrapur,
  4. Dhule,
  5. Gadchiroli,
  6. Kolhapur,
  7. Nagpur,
  8. Nashik,
  9. Pune,
  10. Thane and
  11. Yavatmal.

The three wildlife circles are

  1. Wildlife Borivali,
  2. Wildlife Nagpur and
  3. 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

[edit]

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]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Telang, Sonali (3 April 2018). "Maharashtra leads in forest management". The Asian Age.
  2. ^ Jadhav, Ranjeet (11 April 2018). "Maharashtra Forest Department To Do Away From Waterhole Census From 2018". mid-day.com.
  3. ^ "Contacts". Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Forest Department". Archived from the original on 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Forest Rights Act website".
  6. ^ Ghate, Rucha Suresh (1992). Forest Policy and Tribal Development: A Study of Maharashtra. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 87. ISBN 8170224187.
  7. ^ Mazhar, Ali. "CM to launch drive to plant 33cr trees from Anandwan | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ^ Ramakrishnan, Suniyakrishnan (26 September 2019). "Maha Govt Accomplishes Ambitious Initiative, Plants 33 Crore Trees". The Live Nagpur. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Maha CM launches drive to plant 33 cr saplings from Chandrapur". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ Pinjarkar, Vijay. "Maharashtra achieves 33 crore plantation target | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. ^ Mahamulkar, Sujit. "MVA backs BJP's tree plantation drive | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
[edit]
  • Official Website of the Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra


Stub icon

This Maharashtra-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about government in India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about forestry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.