RELEVANT SUSTAINABLE GOALS
The sole objective being maximising timber production, other aspects of sustainable forest management, such as biodiversity and the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities, were largely ignored in the colonial period.
Why forest certification?
India aimed to boost its agroforestry through the National Agroforestry Policy in 2014 ... However, almost a decade later, there has hardly been any improvement in agroforestry.
Towards sustainable management
There is a need to strengthen the capacity of state forest departments to prepare good working plans that can identify plantation areas, raise quality plantations, and sustainably harvest timber—all the while preserving natural forests for ecological security
This article was originally published on The India Forum.
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