GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESHY
FOREST DEPARTMENT
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Rc.No.4775/2003/F.5
Dated:
21.02.2005
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Office
of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests - Andhra Pradesh
- Hyderabad
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SRI S.K. DAS, IFS.,
PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS
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Sub: Forest Department - Implementation of Compensatory
Afforestation Scheme - Semi-Mechanical
Method - instructions
issued - Regarding.
Ref: 1. Circular
No. 05/2002/PMU-I/3, communicated in Prl.CCF ref.
no.17309/02/PMU-I/3, dated 23.08.2002
2.
Circular No. 5-A/2002/PMU.I/3, communicated in Prl.CCF
ref.
no.17309/2000/PMU.I/3, dated 16.09.2002
3. Circular No. 06/2002/PMU.I3,
communicated in Prl.CCF ref.
no.17309/2000/PMU.I/3, dated 27.09.2002
4.
Circular No. 02/2003/PMU.I/3, dated 13.02.2003
5. Government
of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
New Delhi lr.no.11-9/98-FC dated 23.04.2004 communicated
through Prl.CCF ref.no.4775/2003/F.5, dated 28.5.2004
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We have been raising
plantations under Compensatory Afforestation Programme since more
than a decade after the enactment of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
Under this programme
the User Agency pays the cost of afforestation in advance. Therefore, there is a great scope for raising
a very high value plantations with NTFP and other species so that
it can generate huge employment and substantial income within
the shortest possible time to the local community.
The technique of raising
of such plantation has not been uniform in the State from time
to time and therefore the quality of the plantation is also varied. In order to achieve exemplary success in this
field, the following guidelines are issued:-
(1)Plantations under
this programme have to be raised necessarily under Semi-Mechanical
Method. The guidelines issued vide reference 3rd cited
should invariably be followed. Poclain should be used preferably
for loosing soil
(2) The plantations hould
be raised mainly with high value NTFP species like Usiri, Tamarind,
Pongamia, Tapsi, Jackfruit, (in suitable area and climate) Neredu
etc., and with commercial
species like Bamboo, Eucalyptus etc.
(3) The nearest VSS has
to be necessarily involved. If
the area is very large it can be divided into two or three parts
and allotted to different VSSs located in the area.
(4) In general 75% of
the area should be raised with NTFP species and bamboo and only
25% of the area may be raised with Eucalyptus and other species.
(5) The VSSs should be
encouraged to raised medicinal plants and other NTFP items which
can be grown as an inter crop in such plantation.
P.T.O
(6) For raising bamboo,
intensive practices as adopted by Andhra Pradesh Forest Development
Corporation Ltd., should be followed. It may be necessary to provide
fencing to the bamboo plantation initially for two years.
(7) If a portion of the
area is hilly and not amenable to use of proclain for loosing
the soil or full of rocks, guidelines issued in circular cited
4th should be followed to raise the plantations.
Sd/-S.K. DAS,
PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS
To
All the Conservators of Forests (Territorial, Planning & Extension
& Wildlife)
All the Divisional Forest Officers (Territorial, Planning & Extension
and Wildlife)
Copy to all the Additional Principal Chief Conservators of Forests / Chief
Conservators of Forests in Prl.CCF's office for information with
a request to verify these aspects during their inspection in the
districts.
Copy to
Stock file./spare-10
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