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Preparation of Working Plan

  • Preparation of Working Plan is a highly technical exercise undertaken at regular interval in each forest division.
  • It is the duty of the manager or owner of the forest area to ensure the preparation of the Working Plan / scheme.
  • The preparation of the Working Plan is based on stock and vegetation maps which is prepared through ground surveys.
  • Every Working Plan includes the area specific scientific preparations for proper management of forests of a particular forest division, while working schemes are prepared for smaller areas for a specific purpose or for forest areas under the control/ownership of such bodies as private, village, municipal, cantonment, autonomous district council (especially in north eastern states), etc. These prescriptions enable necessary co-existence of development with nature for simultaneous implementation of Indian Forest Act 1927, Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Forest Conservation Act 1980, Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996, (PESA), Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 and meeting the requirements of the objectives of the National Forest Policy and other international Conventions / agreements.
  • The authority as designated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests will approve the Working Plan and ensure its implementation.
  • Even working schemes have all major elements of a Working Plan and these schemes also need the sanction of the competent authority.
  • Generally the Working Plan is to be revised every 10 years and the preparation of Working Plan of a territorial forest division should normally take two years which may vary depending upon the volume of work and technical facilities available.
  • The satellite imagery based information are used for various steps in preparation of Working Plan including forest cover map, stock map, picking up details for creating management maps, planning surveys and field inventory and baseline reference map.
  • The Working Plan Officer is supplied with updated compartment / village / management unit history, deviation forms, control forms and all other baseline data required for Working Plan along with the list of JFM areas and work done by the District Forest Officer, Territorial.