Social Forestry Activities
Origins of Joint Forest Management
Implementation of the Social Forestry Programme in Meghalaya began in 1981 with the creation of the Social Forestry Circle. Tasked with afforesting degraded lands falling outside Reserved Forests and National Parks, the wing pioneered Joint Forest Management (JFM) in the state long before the concept was officially codified.
Afforestation has been successfully executed under the State Plan and CAMPA by collaborating directly with local landowners, clan associations, and village communities through mutual legal covenants.
The JFM Agreement Ledger
Meghalaya's unique land tenure system requires direct, consensual covenants. Click the stamps below to view JFM execution details.
Consensus & Covenants
Documented JFM PartnershipsPrivate Landowners Agreement
Negotiations with single titleholders to afforest degraded boundaries. Private owners retain partial woodcraft rights under strict departmental consensus, ensuring private participation in joint conservation.
Core Focus & Activities
Click on any focus card below to view its specific directive, local environment role, and dynamic metrics.
Environment & Administrative Timeline
The growth of the Social Forestry and Environmental Planning cell from 1981 to its administrative reconstitution today.
Social Forestry Circle created to manage degraded forest recovery in non-government zones.
Renamed 'Forest & Environment Department', absorbing Environment Planning from Urban Affairs.
Department of Forest, Environment, and Climate Change officially instituted to address global goals.
Administrative authority of state Pollution Control Board and regulatory SEIAA transferred to this wing.
Divisional Directory
The direct contact registry and geographic jurisdiction for the 7 Social Forestry divisional offices across Meghalaya.