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ForestActamendedforincreasinggreencoverinTSTheHindu

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ForestActamendedforincreasinggreencoverinTS
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ViceChairmanoftheTelanganaStatePlanningBoardS.NiranjanReddysaidthegovernmentwillbringin
amendmentstotheForestAct,ifnecessary,forinclusivedevelopmentofforests.
HeallegedthatdevelopmentofforestswasgrosslyneglectedincombinedAndhraPradesh,butthefirstgovernmentof
TelanganahasdecidedtoincreasethegreencovertoonethirdoftheStatesgeographicalareaoverthenextfouryears.
SpeakingatapresentationmadeonForestGovernance:Theory,Analysis,andPracticebyTimothyCadman,
governanceexpertfromAustralia,hesaidChiefMinisterK.ChandrasekharRaohadavisionforforestdevelopmentin
theStateandtheHaritaHaaraminitiativewasamajorsteptakeninthatdirection.
Hestressedtheneedfordevelopmentofmodelsforforestdevelopmentwhichcouldbenefitallthestakeholders
includingtribalcommunities.
PrincipalChiefConservatorofForestsS.B.L.Mishraillustratedthestatusofforestsanddifferentongoingforest
developmentprogrammes.D.NarasimhaReddyofChetanaSociety,Dr.A.AmarenderReddy,PrincipalScientistofthe
IndianCouncilforAgriculturalResearch,andothersparticipated.
ThepresentationbyDr.Cadmancoveredawiderangeoftopicsfromtheconceptsongovernancetostructuresand
processesforcoordinatingrelationsbetweendifferentstakeholderswithininstitutions.

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