Compensatory Afforestation Fund

There are no guidelines for what kinds of forests should be nurtured on land taken up for compensatory afforestation

The minister said the corpus will be utilised for compensatory afforestation, wildlife management, forest fire prevention, soil and moisture conservation works in forests

Govt has identified 1,592 blocks which are critical and over exploited, spread across 256 districts for the Jal Shakti Abhiyan

The CAMPA is now being formalised by notifying the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act, 2016, which mandates that forest clearances in India are to be accompanied by afforesting equivalent areas

Union Environment Minister Anil Dave says 90% of fund will be given to states for afforestation in area where deforestation has taken place for developmental activities