Objectives

State Forest Development Agency, Gujarat State will work as a federation of all the Forest Development Agencies of the state to achieve the following key objectives :

• As per the Centrally Sponsored Scheme and Central Sector Scheme, all the required activities of regeneration, development and management as well as activities pertaining to policy related programs and projects can be done in the forest and other areas with public co-operation.
• Forestation and related activities assigned by the SFDA can be done.
• Projects for forestation and associated activities related to SFDA can be prepared and implemented through FDA for following objectives :
  • To be helpful in development and management in a way to achieve sustainable production thru’ forest research in the areas of Participatory Forest Management.
  • For improving the density of forest and trees
  • Activities related to promotion of decentralization and people’s co-operation in forest development and management.
  • Activity of strengthening the long term people’s co-operation in forest border area.
  • To carry out activities of soil and moisture conservation to improve fertility of land in different areas.
  • To improve ability/skill of people in border areas and local staff associated with development and management of natural resources.
  • Activity for development of forest based micro enterprise (industry).
  • Activities and overview of progress review and independent monitoring (internal and central).
  • Affiliated activity to ensure increase in tree planting in non-forest areas.
  • Activities of development and restoration of difficult areas with low productivity with the help of financial assistance from Central Government, State Government and other funding agencies as well as mutual co-operation.
  • Any other activity assigned by the state or central government.
  • Other activities other than forest or affiliated work that can improve progress and development of people of surrounding areas of forest.
  • SFDA shall use all its power of giving priority, improve, modify, approve, direct, monitor and assess to achieve all the above mentioned objectives.
  • State Forest Development Agency, Gujarat will give required priority to rehabilitation of surrounding areas of natural sites.