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National Forest Policy 1952

It was the first forest policy of independent India, which overcomes the shortcomings in the 1894 policy. This policy is formulated on the basis of permanent needs of our country that are as follows: 1. Need for evolving a system of balanced and complementary landuse. 2. Need for checking the denudation in mountain region, soil erosion in riverbanks and invasion of sea sands on coastal tracks and shifting sand dune in deserts. 3. Need for the establishment of tree lands wherever possible. 4. To manage the progressively increasing demands (grazing, wood and firewood). 5. Need for the sustained supply of timber and other forest produces. 6. Need for the realization of the maximum annual revenue in perpetuity. Main features 1. The forest is to be for the maintenance-of physical conditions of the country. 2. This policy classifies the forest as follows: a) Protected forests are those forests which are essential for the preservation of physical and climatic conditions of the country. b...

National Forest Policy 1894

On the basis of Dr.Voelker report, entitled “Improvement of Indian agriculture” the Government of India formulated the Forest Policy of 1894. This is the first national forest policy in India enacted under pre independence era. Main features The main object of forest management is to promote the general well being of the country. The maintenance of adequate forest cover is emphasized for the preservation of climatic and physical conditions and to meet the basic requirement of the people. Government owned forest have been classified as follows: Preservation forest: Forest whose preservation is required on climate and physical grounds Commercial forest; Forest for supplying valuable timber and other commercial products Minor forest Pasture lands This policy emphasis on permanent cultivation rather than shifting cultivation. It gives importance to the fulfillment of the basic needs of the local people. Obtaining maximum revenue is the main goal instead of conserving forest reserves. Draw ...

THE FOREST (CONSERVATION) ACT, 1980

An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows — 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1980. 2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose .—Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force in a State, no State Govemnment or other authority shall make, except with the prior approval of the Central Government, any order directing— (i) that any reserved forest (within the meaning of the expression “reserved forest” in any law for the time being in force in that State) or any portion thereof, shall cease to be reserved: (ii) that a...

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