Sustainable forest management

This component includes planning and implementation of the core forestry operations.The major sub-components will be grass-root planning of forestry operations; implementation of forest working plans for individual forests units; planning and development of village level community nurseries and FED/ FD-ADC managed district level nurseries; soil and water conservation measures; fire management in fire-vulnerable forest areas; development of critical infrastructure for forest management. In order to restore and conserve natural resources within villages, aiming at conserving the environment and biodiversity and improving socio-economic conditions of the community members, a number of activities shall be taken up under this Component.