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Afforestation
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Haryana is predominantly an agricultural state. About
80% land is under cultivation while 16% of land supports other uses like
habitation, roads, railways, institutions, canals etc. As most of the area is
under agriculture and other social infrastructure. The notified forest area is only
about 3.52% and there is very limited scope
to increase the notified forest area through land acquisition and other means. In
order to increase the forest and tree cover HFD has undertaken massive afforestation
programme on other Government
lands, Institutional Lands, Panchayat lands, Common lands and other wastelands to bring more
and more area
under tree cover. HFD undertakes plantations on an average 21000 ha area on annual
basis. Approximately 60% of the plantation is
outside the government forest. Saplings are also distributed to farmers, other
government departments, institutions, schools, village panchayats etc. for
planting in the their lands. Due to large scale plantation initiated by Forest
Department on non-forest land i.e community lands, panchayat lands,
institutional lands, private wastelands etc. as well as adoption of tree farming
by farmers on their holding the tree cover of the state has increased to 7.13% as per the state
of forests report published by Forest Survey of India Dehradun in 2005.
Department has set a goal to achieve 10% of forest and tree cover by 2010. This goal can be achieved only when a major
thrust is given to agroforestry and afforestation on lands outside the notified
forest areas.
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