Junior science refresher Published this article page no 141 An industry that is in a need of forest land could then approach the agency and pay it for parcels of such forested land and this would then be transferred to the Forest Department and be recorded as forest land. FAC believes that this will encourage plantations outside the traditional forest area. It will help in contributing towards meeting the international commitments of the country such as Sustainable Development Goals and Nationally Determined Contributions. However various concerns have been raised against this scheme o It will allow the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to nongovernment agencies. o This could allow for forests to be traded as a commodity. It could lead to the privatisation of multiuse forests into monoculture plantations and even their destruction along with loss of biodiversity and violation of land rights. o If the economic value of these plantations becomes lucrative it can pose a serious threat to agricultural land by diverting the latter for plantations. o If the company raising the plantation does not wish to trade it can retain and harvest the plantation for timber once ready. This goes against the rehabilitative principle of compensatory afforestation which seeks to restore the ecological imbalance. o The crisis of fragmentation of forests and the spike in mananimal conflict will augment Junior science refresher buy.
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