AN INSIGHT OF THE COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT, 2016
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Forests play a pivotal role in the economy of the country and in maintaining the ecological imbalance. The forest cover of India is on a steady decrease due to the increased use of the axe and bulldozer. Senseless cutting of trees and clearing of forest land for construction of dams, roads and buildings can result in serious environmental problems including changing rainfall patterns resulting in drought conditions.
Compensatory Afforestation and Management Bill 2015 aims at setting up funds under the Public Accounts of India and the public accounts of each state for the development and conservation of forests in India. Introduced in the month of May 2015, the bill was passed a year after, on July 28th 2016.
The Forest Conservation Act, 1980 confers restrictions on the conversion of land for non-forest purposes. Presently, forest lands can be taken over for industrial or developmental purposes only after the approval of the centre or the respective state governments. In order to compensate for the loss caused due to such diversions additional afforestation must be done on a separate piece of land. This is known as compensatory afforestation. The net present value of the forest before conversion must also be paid for the loss of the forest ecosystem. The state government has to use this compensation paid by the person responsible for the diversion for further reforestation, wildlife protection and compensatory afforestation.
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