Polity & governance

CURRENT AFFAIRS 14 june

Maharashtra to protect Heritage trees

Issue
Maharashtra government is set to make arrangements for protecting
‘heritage trees’ by making changes to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas)
Protection and Preservation of Trees Act of 1975.

Details
 The government is also planning to institute Maharashtra (Urban Areas)
Protection and Preservation of Trees Act of 1975 in all local bodies of the
state.
 Heritage tree is defined as a one that has passed age of 50 years. The
species of the tree may be notified from time to time.
 There have been demand to consider a tree’s cultural, religious,
historical, rarity, mythological and botanical importance before classifying it
as heritage tree.
 The counting of heritage trees and surveys will have to be carried out
every five years by the local tree authority.

Determining age
 The most common way of determining the age of the tree is through a
method called Dendrochronology. In this method the annual tree rings will
be calculated.
 The tree adds a ring every year. This will be able to determine the age
and also some of its characteristics too.
 The tree ring is harvested by boring a hole and obtaining a small
sample for study. The role is then closed to prevent diseases.

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Significance
 The heritage tree will be used decide the compensatory mechanism. A
person cutting heritage tree will have to plant same number of trees as the
age of the cut tree.
 The individual has to ensure that the planted sapling survives for seven
years and later have to be geo-tagged.

Compensations
A person can pay compensation in money if planting tree is not possible. The
economic value has not yet been determined but it will be based on its
oxygen output.
NOTES

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