3,825 hectares of degraded forest lands to be rejuvenated this year

The Forest Department has rolled out an motion plan to rejuvenate a little bit over 3,825 hectares of degraded forest land unfold in as many as 20 reserve forest blocks in each Khammam and Sattupalli forest divisions within the district to preserve and enhance forest high quality within the present fiscal 2021-22.

The division has recognized practically 15,392 hectares of forest land with 0.1 to 0.4 cover density beneath the forest rejuvenation plan. So far 9,936 hectares of forest land beneath this class has been handled by means of Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) and different methods.

Plans are afoot to rejuvenate 3825.64 hectares of degraded forest land within the present fiscal and the remaining 1,630 hectares of degraded land subsequently, Forest Department sources stated.

Nearly 354 km of hearth traces have been constructed to forestall forest fires, trenches have been dug alongside the periphery of the reserve forest blocks, intensive plantation of native species of saplings, soil and moisture conservation works have been taken up within the earlier phases of the formidable programme.

A multi-pronged technique for efficient implementation of the forest and wildlife conservation efforts with a particular deal with Haritha Haram, the State authorities’s flagship afforestation programme, was finalised on the District Forest and Wildlife Protection Committee (DFWLPC) assembly chaired by Collector R V Karnan right here final week.

The Forest Department has taken up intensive planting of an array of native varieties of vegetation within the 20 recognized reserve forest blocks as half of the motion plan to rejuvenate 3825.64 hectares of degraded forest land this year — 2021-22, District Forest Officer Praveena instructed The Puucho.

Weed management, soil and moisture conservation efforts and different cultural practices will type the crux of the motion plan to rejuvenate the degraded forest lands and enhance high quality of forests by means of pure regeneration and varied different cultural practices.

All kinds of fruit bearing saplings comparable to berry and amla are being planted as half of the afforestation drive to create “monkey food courts,” the DFO added.

As half of measures to defend forests and wildlife, as many as 797 Offence Report (OR) instances and 9 Undetected Offence Report (UDOR) instances, 108 automobile instances and 46 encroachment instances have been booked in opposition to the offenders prior to now one year.