TheMaharashtra Forest Department (MFD) is a department of the Indian state ofMaharashtra responsible for forestry and wildlife management.[1][2]The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is inNagpur.
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Maharashtra |
| Headquarters | Nagpur,Maharashtra |
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| Website | http://mahaforest.gov.in |
The office of thePrincipal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is situated atNagpur, which is considered as Headquarter of the forest Department in Maharashtra.[3]
There are 11 territorial forest circles in
The three wildlife circles are
Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.[5][6]
To fight climate change and droughts inMaharashtra, the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive.[7] It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1 July to 30 September in the State of Maharastra.[8][9] The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings.[10] In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.[11]
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