| Forest Cover |
All lands with a tree
canopy density of more than 10 per cent, though they may not be
statutorily notified us forest. |
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| Recorded Forest Area |
All lands statutorily
notified as forest, though they may not necessarily bear tree
cover |
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| Dense Forest |
All lands with tree cover
of canopy density of 40 percent and above |
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| Open Forest |
All lands with canopy
density between 10 to 40 percent |
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| Scrub |
All lands with poor tree
growth mainly of small or stunted trees having canopy density less
than 10 percent |
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| Non Forest |
Any area not included in
the above classes |
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| Reserved Forest |
An area notified under the
provisions of Indian Forest Act having full degree of protection. In
Reserved Forests all activities are prohibited unless
permitted. |
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| Protected Forest |
An area notified under the
provision of Indian Forest Act having limited degree of protection .
In Protected Forests all activities are permitted unless
prohibited. |
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| Unclassified Forest |
An area recorded as forest
but not included in Reserved or Protected Forest
categories. |
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| Joint Forest Management |
The practice of management
of forest resources jointly by the Forest Department and the local
communities which would entitle them in sharing of usufructs in
lieu of their participation in protection and management of forest
resources. |
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| Forest Protection Committee |
A committee constituted to
safeguard and protect the forest areas prone to illicit felling
. |
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| Village Forest Committee |
A committee
constituted for the forest areas which has degraded and needs
to be rejuvenated through soil moisture conservation and
plantation. |
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| Eco Development Committee |
A committee
constituted for the forest areas within or around national
parks and wild life sanchuries so as to obviate pressures
on them. |
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| Protected area |
An area notified as a
national park or a wild life sanchuary for in-situ conservation of
biodiversity in selected location. |
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| Tiger Reserve |
An area notified as
national park / wild life sanchury where tiger is accorded high
degree of protection (or focus of protection and conservation is on
tiger). |
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| Forest Type |
A category of forest
defined generally with reference to its geographical location,
climatic and edaphic features, composition and
condition. |
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| Forest Village |
A village community
established in a reserved or protected forest for the purpose of
maintaining a supply of local labour. |
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| National Park | An area ownned by the State
and dedicated statue for the conservation of scenery and the natural
and historic objects of national significance and to the
conservation of wild animals and plants by such means as leave them
unimpaired for the enjoyment of present and future
generation. |
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| Sanctuary |
An area constituted by
competent authority in which killing and capturing of any form of
wild life is prohibited, except with permission and the boundarires
and character of which are sacrosanct. |
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| Working Circle
| A forest area
(forming whole or part of a working plan area) organized with a particular
objective and under one silvicultural system and one set of working
plan prescriptions. In certain circumstances working circles may
overlap. |
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| Working Plan |
A written scheme of
management aiming at continuity of policy and action and controlling
the treatment of a forest. |
