Important Links
Important Links
- Inviting Expression of Interest for (EIO)shortlisting of Consultancy Organisations for preparing draft comprehensive amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927
( 150 KB ) - Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) for shortlisting consultancy organization for preparing draft comprehensive amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. ( 722.3 KB )
Office – Memorandum
- OM- Date[18-03-2020]- Celebration of International Day of Forests 2020. ( 14 KB )
Acts & Policies
- The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 ( 287 KB )
- Inviting comments from all concerned Ministries on Draft National Forest Policy 2018 ( 275 KB )
- Inviting comments from all States and UTs on Draft National Forest Policy 2018 ( 225 KB )
- Inviting comments from all concerned stakeholders on Draft National Forest Policy 2018 ( 275 KB )
- Draft National Forest Policy, 2018 ( 225 KB )
- The Indian Forest(Amendment) Act, 2017 ( 1.5 MB )
- Indian Forest Act, 1927. ( 2.0 MB )
- National Forest Policy, 1988 . ( 29 KB )
Implementation of REDD Plus
Orders / Advisory/Guidelines
- Advisory dated 07.09.2012 regarding implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. ( 125 KB )
- Expert Committee Report-Strategy for increasing green cover outside forests ( 7.1 MB )
- India released National REDD plus strategy ( 12.1 MB )
- Advisory dated 23.01.2018 to consider adopt Pan India Transit Permit for commonly grown agroforestry tree species ( 139 KB )
- Advisory dated 22.12.2017 removing regulatory barriers in production, felling, transit, processing & marketing of bamboo. ( 119 KB )
- Advisory dated 30.11.2017 for arranging High Quality Seedlings ( 239 KB )
- Advisory dated 9.10.2017 on Pan India Transit Permit for Bamboo ( 139 KB )
- Advisory dated 06.10.2017 to consider exempting ten commonly grown agroforestry spp ( 139 KB )
- Advisory dated 17.07.2017 seeking inputs on proposed Pan India Transit System for Bamboo ( 131 KB )
- Advisory dated 7.7.2017 clarification exemption of primary processing unit on Bamboo from license ( 34 KB )
- Advisory dated 13.06.2017 on Royalty and bamboo finished product ( 68 KB )
- Advisory dated 5.6.2017on PAN India Transit Permit for bamboo
- Advisory dated 19.5.2017 to consider exempting bamboo units from licensing
- Advisory dated 18.05.2017 to consider exempting bamboo grown on non forest from transit and felling regime
- Advisory dated 6.4.2017 on honey extraction and transportation ( 34 KB )
- Advisory dated 17.03.2016 regarding relaxing regulatory regime on Jiggit ( 34 KB )
- Advisory dated 14.05.2013 to consider exempting bamboo grown on non forest land from transit and felling regime ( 786 KB )
- ATR from State and UT Govenments on the Guidelines issued for liberization of regulatory regimes for felling and transit of tree specise grown on private land ( 34 KB )
- Channel of Submission in Forest Policy Division ( 104 KB )
- Nomination of State Nodal Officer for Nagar Van Udyan Yojana ( 3.1 MB )
- Nomination of State Nodal Officer for School Nursery Yojana ( 1.5 MB )
- Note on Review of National Forest Policy 1988 and seeking comments ( 178 KB )
- Nagar Van Udyan Yojana dated 31.07.2015 ( 178 KB )
- Guidelines for Felling and Transit Regulations for Tree Species Grown on Non- Forest/Private lands ( 394 KB )
- Draft national REDD+ Policy and Strategy-prepared by Forest Policy Division ( 383 KB )
- Inviting Comments on the Draft Guidelines for conservation, development and management of Urban Greens ( 1.2 MB )
- Draft Guidelines for Liberalizing Felling and Transit Regime for Tree Species grown on Non-Forest/Private Land ( 802 KB )
- State/Union Territory Minor Forest Produce (Ownership of Forest Dependent Community) Act, 2005 – Draft. ( 52 KB )
- Constitution of Core Group for Reviewing National Forest Policy, 1988. ( 472 KB )
- Inviting comments for reviewing National Forest Policy, 1988.
- Institutional Framework for Implementing REDD+ in India. ( 800 KB )
- Report of the Committee constituted to study the regulatory regime regarding felling and transit regulations for tree species grown on private land – reg. ( 492 KB )
- Advisory regarding the functioning of JFMCs in the context of decentralised governance. ( 120 KB )
- Proposal for staging the XIV World Forestry congress, 2015 in New Delhi, India. ( 5.1 MB )
Publications
- India’s Voluntary National Contribution to achieve the targets of Global Forest Goals ( 237 KB )
- Implementing NLBI on Forests in India ( 1.5 MB )
- Forest governance and implementation of REDD+ in India. ( 309 KB )
- Methodology for assessing carbon stock for REDD+ project in India. ( 472 KB )
- Livelihood of local communities and forest degradation in India: issues for REDD+ ( 172 KB )
- Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services by REDD+ project in India. ( 72 KB )
- International REDD+ architecture and its relevance for India. ( 879 KB )
- Proceedings of the REDD+ Workshop. ( 1.1 MB )
- National Forest Commission.
Proceedings
- Report of Regional Workshop on NLBI in Bhopal ( 1.1 MB )
- Report of Regional Workshop on NLBI in Ahmedabad ( 492 KB )
- Report of Regional Workshop on NLBI in Chandigarh ( 1.1 MB )
- Report of Regional Workshop on NLBI held in Chennai ( 411 KB )
- Proceedings of side event of the Workshop on ‘Forest-based Carbon Financing’ held during Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2014. ( 1.8 MB )
- Proceedings of the National Conference of Ministers of Environment & Forests held on 18th August, 2009 at New Delhi. ( 12.1 MB )
- Proceedings of the Conference of the Principal Chief Conservators of Forests and Chief Wildlife Wardens of all States/UTs (New Delhi, 12-13 February, 2008) ( 472 KB )
- Minutes of the Meeting of the Expert Group on Definition of Forests at MoEF New Delhi, on 30th April and 1st May 2007 . ( 53 KB )
Status of “Land Use Science (Forest-PLUS) Program” under the bilateral Partnership Agreement between the Government of India and USAID on Sustainable Forests and Climate Adaptation Progress Report
- Progress Update till February 2015 ( 476 KB )
- Quarter 1 Year 2014-15 ( 2.0 MB )
- Annual Progress Report Year 2013-14 ( 2.7 MB )
- Quarter 1 Year 2013-14 ( 1.6 MB )
- Quarter 2 Year 2013-14 ( 44 KB )
- Quarter 3 Year 2013-14 ( 2.4 MB )
- Annual Progress Report Year 2012-13 ( 1.6 MB )
- Quarter 1 Year 2012-13 ( 442 KB )
- Quarter 2 Year 2012-13 ( 1.6 MB )
- Quarter 3 Year 2012-13 ( 1.6 MB )
- Quarter 4 Year 2011-12 ( 443 KB )
Communication Reports
- Stakeholders Workshop at FSI Dehradun in 2013 ( 3.0 MB )
- Stakeholders Workshop at Bengaluru in 2013 ( 746 KB )
- Stakeholders Workshop at Bhopal in 2013 ( 847 KB )
- Stakeholders Workshop at Shimla in 2013 ( 864 KB )
- National Consultation on PPP in 2014 ( 232 KB )
- JFMC Convention Report ( 623 KB )
- Sign Green Campaign ( 3.0 MB )
- Campaign Against Forest Fire ( 1.6 MB )
Trainings
- 1st Training at Shimoga ( 958 KB )
- 2nd Training at Shimoga ( 975 KB )
- 3rd Training at Shimoga ( 1.1 MB )
- 4th Training at Shimoga ( 1.2 MB )
- 1st Training at Hoshangabad ( 1.3 MB )
- 2nd Training at Hoshangabad ( 44 KB )
- List of Participants at Hoshangabad Training ( 404 KB )
- 1st Training at Rampur ( 1.1 MB )
- 2nd Training at Rampur ( 1.4 MB )
- 3rd Training at Rampur ( 1.2 MB )
- Training on Remote Sensing at NOIDA ( 5.0 MB )
Forest International Cooperation United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Committee on Forestry of Food and Agriculture Organisation (COFO), Asia Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC)
- Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook- Study(APFSOS) country report. ( 408 KB )
- Information on implementation the Non-Legally Binding Instrument (NLBI) on all types of Forests and the progress towards achieving the four Global Objectives on Forests.
- Participation Report in Training on Forest Policy ( 44 KB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on 5th UN REDD on NFMS in 2014 ( 1.3 MB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on AHEG 1 Meeting 2014 ( 2.6 MB )
- Participation Report on WCA 2014 ( 2.4 MB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on 25th Session of APFC 2013 ( 102 KB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on Facilitative Workshop on IAF 2013 ( 1.8 MB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on 4th UN REDD on NFMS in 2013 ( 2.6 MB )
- Report of Indian Delegation on Ministerial Seminar on Bamboo in 2011 ( 1.8 MB )
Information/notification regarding Felling and Transit of tree Species in various States/UTs
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( 105 KB )
- Andhra Pradesh ( 49 KB )
- Bihar ( 664 KB )
- Chandigarh ( 56 KB )
- Chhattisgarh ( 708 KB )
- Delhi ( 139 KB )
- Gujarat ( 346 KB )
- Haryana ( 73 KB )
- Himachal Pradesh ( 1.2 MB )
- Jharkhand ( 443 KB )
- Karnataka ( 1.3 MB )
- Kerala ( 1.2 MB )
- Madhya Pradesh ( 128 KB )
- Maharashtra ( 6.2 MB )
- Meghalaya ( 83 KB )
- Mizoram ( 301 KB )
- Odisha ( 448 KB )
- Punjab ( 404 KB )
- Rajasthan ( 1.1 MB )
- Sikkim ( 73 KB )
- Tripura ( 193 KB )
- Uttar Pradesh ( 1.1 MB )
- Uttarakhand ( 1.2 MB )