Forest officials and conservators came together for the 6th annual national workshop on Joint Forest Management (JFM) in Chennai on Monday.
The two-day workshop will have over fifty delegates from India and Japan deliberating ideas on sustaining forests and livelihood. Mohan Verghese Chunkath, additional chief secretary, environment and forest department, stressed the need for sustainability and the complex problems faced in achieving it, in his inaugural address.
He announced that the state government had funded Rs 158 crore for protection of forests and biodiversity apart from project assistance. He expected that the workshop would be a new milestone in ensuring sustainability.
Adding a global perspective, Tomohide Ichiguchi, deputy chief representative, Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), New Delhi, outlined the policies that offer support to the forest sector.
Vineet Sarin, lead development specialist, JICA, said that they were presently supporting 13 states in India and outlined more of their support that has been offered to India's forest sector. He also spoke of the long association they have had with Tamil Nadu and said that the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (TAP) was very successful.
The two-day workshop will have over fifty delegates from India and Japan deliberating ideas on sustaining forests and livelihood. Mohan Verghese Chunkath, additional chief secretary, environment and forest department, stressed the need for sustainability and the complex problems faced in achieving it, in his inaugural address.
He announced that the state government had funded Rs 158 crore for protection of forests and biodiversity apart from project assistance. He expected that the workshop would be a new milestone in ensuring sustainability.
Adding a global perspective, Tomohide Ichiguchi, deputy chief representative, Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), New Delhi, outlined the policies that offer support to the forest sector.
Vineet Sarin, lead development specialist, JICA, said that they were presently supporting 13 states in India and outlined more of their support that has been offered to India's forest sector. He also spoke of the long association they have had with Tamil Nadu and said that the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (TAP) was very successful.
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