Natural Forests Management and Conservation

The division majorly focuses on restoring the integrity of the Central Forest Reserves, improving ecotourism management, and increasing forest coverage across the CFRs in the country. The division carries out a number of management and conservation activities in the natural forests, including: Establishment of plantations in Central Forest Reserves, management of over 40 Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) agreements signed with communities, MOUs signed with various partners, and implementation of Forest Management Plans.