Wednesday, March 03, 2010

State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority

Chandigarh, March 3 - The Haryana Government has constituted the State
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority
(STATE CAMPA), Haryana for the purpose of management of funds.

It will be registered as a Society by the State Government under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860 having its registered office at the
office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Van Bhawan, sector
6, Panchkula.

State Campa, Haryana will have three bodies, namely - a Governing
Body, a Steering Committee and an Executive Committee.

Chief Minister, Haryana will be the Chairperson of the Governing Body
of the State Campa, Haryana and Minister of Forests, Minister of
Finance, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Finance), Principal
Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden will be its
Members. Principal Secretary, Forests will be Member Secretary of the
Governing Body. Chief Secretary, Haryana will be the Chairperson of
the Steering Committee and Principal Secretary (Finance), Principal
Secretary (Forests), Chief Wildlife Warden, Conservator of Forests
(FC) and Nodal Officer(FCA), Haryana, representative of Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Government of India, two eminent NGOs
nominated by the State Government for a period of two years will be
its Members. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests will be its Member
Secretary.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Haryana will be the
Chiarperson of the Executive Committee and Additional PCCF (Forestry),
Chief Wildlife Warden, Chief Conservator of Forests (Protection-I),
Chief Conservator of Forests(Protection-II), Conservator of Forests
(Planning), representative of Finance Department not below the rank of
Additional Secretary and two eminent NGOs nominated by the State
Government for a period of two years will be its Members. Conservator
of Forests(FC) and Nodal Officer(FCA) will be its Member Secretary.
State Campa, Haryana will work as an instrument to accelerate
activities relating to conservation of forests and wildlife,
development of infrastructure in these sectors and other allied works,
it will promote conservation, protection,regeneration and management
of forests ; conservation, protection and management of wildlife and
its habitat within and outside Protected Areas including the
consolidation of Protected Areas ; Compensatory Afforestation,
Acquisition of suitable non-forest lands for
afforestation/regeneration to compensate the net loss in forest area,
environmental services, plantation activities outside the forests
including agro-forestry and farm-forestry to enhance the green cover
of the State and forestry research, training and capacity building of
forest officials including other stakeholders involved in the
protection of forests and wildlife.

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