Future focus

At present, the Regional Centre has been working on various programmes on J.F.M. and Natural Resources Management as a support activity for the State Forest Departments. The thrust area of the ongoing programmes are basically on Workshop, Training, Studies and documentation of Success Stories on broad issues on Afforestation and Eco-development, namely, Motivation and Capacity Building Programmes, Preparation of Micro-plan, Process Documentation and Credit Linkages on F.D.A’s, Dissemination of Modern Nursery Techniques and Afforestation Technology, Vocational Training, Programmes on Propagation and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants, Alternative Income Generation activities for members of Village Forest Institutions, Propagaion, Harvesting and Marketing aspects of various N.T.F.P. items, Periodical evaluation and monitoring of the functioning of the JFM through Impact analysis, Clean Development Mechanism through Emission Trading, Relevant Case Studies etc. In near future we would like to focus on developing self sustaining Small and Medium Forest Enterprises so as to reduce dependencies on forest and simultaneously increase in GDP contribution from forest/ NRM sector. Further expansion of the centre for becoming a centre of excellence in allied forestry activities and Natural resource management is envisaged .