Forest Department Gujarat

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  • Address : Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force (HoFF) "Aranya Bhavan", Near CH-3 Circle, Sector-10 A, Gandhinagar - 382010 Gujarat.
  • Website : https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/
  • Email : pccf-forest@gujarat.gov.in
  • Phone : +91-79-232 54 123
Department Head(s)
PCCF & HoFF Shri S. K. Chaturvedi

Department Info


Vision

"Conservation and Development of all the natural resources and tree growth on sustainable basis for present and future generation."

Mission

Mission and Vision
  • To increase density of open and degraded forest to convert them as dense forests.
  • To improve grassland areas and maximise the grass production to satisfy peoples need.
  • Control and regulate the sustainable utilization of forest resources.
  • Provide livelihood opportunity to forest dependent communities and slowly make them independent of forests.
  • To practice socially-inclusive forestry and solicit co-operation and participation of the people and other stakeholders in greening the states.
  • To protect, conserve and enhance the wildlife and remnant biodiversity resources of the state by developing a suitable protected area network.
  • To promote non timber uses of forests such as Eco-tourism, Non-Timber Forest Produce, Medicinal Plants and Biodiversity.
  • To carry awareness on importance of forest and wildlife conservation for the purpose of creating a balanced and accountable population.
  • To ensure protection and expansion of Mangroves, sacred groves and other highly sensitive eco-systems.
  • To dissolve the issues of man-animal conflict.
  • To use modern technologies and scientific knowledge for practicing sustainable forest management.
  • To effort in direction of mitigating the climate change.

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