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MANAGEMENT PLAN OF PRIVATE FORESTAREAS CLOSED UNDER SEC. 4 & 5OF PUNJAB LAND PRESERVATION ACT-1900 (PLPA-1900) DASUYA FOREST DIVISION (2017-2018 TO2026-27) By Divisional Forest Officer, Dasuya Forest Division, Dasuya. Preface This management plan is written for the area closed under section 4 and 5 of PLPA 1900 covered under Dasuya Forest Division. In the extreme north- eastern part of the state running from North West to south east along the Himachal Pradesh border, is the hill tract of Punjab. It is called the Shiwalik Hills. It extends between Latitude 30034' and 32033' N and longitude 740 50' and 760 52' E. The Shiwaliks have a geographical spread of 9448.97 Km2 covering 2.6% of the total area of the state. It is 280 km long with width ranging from 5 km to 12 km in various parts. In between Ravi and Ghagghar rivers the continuity of the Shiwalik is broken by river Beas and river Satluj. Dasuya is bound by river Beas on north, Hoshiarpur& Jalandhar Forest Division on south, Himachal Pradesh in east and Gurdaspur Forest Division Districts on its west. Different ranges in this division are:- Dasuya Mukerian Badla Talwara-I Talwara-II Although the area under the management plan covers only 99 villages of the division, yet it is a crucial part of the foot hill eco-system of the Shiwalik Ranges. The area has rich biodiversity and provides a good patch in larger landscape of Shiwalik foothills. The Management Plan of the area has been prepared to help in the scientific management of the private/ panchayat/community area closed under section 4 and 5 of PLPA 1900 in Dasuya Forest Division. Unlike the working plans which are written as per National Working Plan Code there is no specific format/code available for Management Plan. Hence, It is deemed that in absence of any such code this management plan has been written on the lines of existing National Working Plan code of 2014. Divisional Forest Officer, Dasuya. Table of Contents Para No. Subject Page No Part I BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF FACTS Chapter-I 1 The tract dealt with 2 1.1 Name and Situation 3-6 1.2 Configuration of the Ground 6-7 1.3 Geology, Rock and Soil 7-10 1.4 Climatic Parameters 10-11 Chapter-II Maintenance/Increase in the extent of 2 12 Forest and Tree cover 2.1 Area of Forests under Different Legal classes 13 (PF,UF and others) 2.2 Forest area under the Management Plan 14 2.3 Land use, land-use change and 14 forestry(LULUCF) 2.4 Threats to the Forests 15-19 2.5 Distribution of Different Forest types 19-20 Chapter-III Maintenance, Conservation and 3 21 Enhancement of Biodiversity 3.1 Forest Composition and distribution 22 3.2 Plant species diversity 22-23 3.3 Status of Biodiversity conservation in Forests 23 3.4 Fauna and their habitats 24-25 3.5 Threats and Challenges to Wildlife 25 3.6 Protection and Management of Fauna 25-26 Chapter-IV 4 Maintenance and Enhancement of Forest 27 Health and Vitality 4.1 Status of Regeneration 28-36 4.2 Details of Area affected by pests/diseases/ fire/ 36-37 grazing/ weeds etc. 4.3 Forest Degradation and its drivers 37-38 Chapter-V Conservation and Maintenance of Soil and 5 39 water resources Area treated under Soil and Water conservation 5.1 40 measures Duration of Water flow in the selected seasonal 5.2 40-41 streams Water level in the vicinity (up to 5km) of forest 5.3 41-42 area Chapter-VI 6 Optimization of forest resources utilization 43 Demand and Supply of Timber and important 6.1 44 NTFP Recorded Removal of wood/ fuel wood/ NTFP / 6.2 44-48 bamboo 6.3 Import and Export of wood and wood products 48 6.4 Valuation of the Products 48-50 Chapter-VII 7 Maintenance and Enhancement of social, 51 economic, culture and spiritual benefits 7.1 Number of JFM committees and area protected 52-57 by them 7.2 Status of Empowerment of JFMCs 57-60 7.3 Ecotourism Areas and Activities 60 7.4 Other Rights and Concessions 60 Chapter-VIII 8 Adequacy of policy, legal, institutional 61 framework 8.1 Existing policy and legal framework & their 62-63 compliance 8.2 Prohibitions applicable in areas closed u/s 4 of 63-64 PLPA 8.3 Prohibitions applicable in areas closed u/s 5 of 64-65 PLPA 8.4 Felling Policy 65-79 8.5 Felling Programme 79 Chapter -IX 9 Past Systems of Management 80 9.1 General History of the forests 81 9.2 Past System of Management and their results 81-83 9.3 Special works of Improvement undertaken 83-84 9.4 Review of Previous Management Plan (2007-08 84-88 to 2016-17) PART-II 89 FUTURE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER-X Basis of proposals 90 10 Objectives of management 91 10.1 Consultations and Expectations at local level 92-93 10.2 10.3 Method of Treatment to be Adopted 93-96 Period of Management Plan & Intermediate 96 10.4 Revision Chapter-XI 11 Management Prescriptions 97 11.1 General characteristics of vegetation 98 11.2 Activity Specific Proposals 99 11.2.1 Silvicultural Interventions 99-105 11.2.2 Subsidiary silvi-cultural operations 106-108 11.2.3 Soil & Moisture Conservation 108-110 11.2.4 Associated Miscellaneous regulations 111-115 11.2.5 JFM& Ecotourism Promotion 115-119 11.2.6 Wildlife Conservation 119-120 ANNEXURES Annexures 1A List of Private Forests Closed/delisted of Dasuya 121-127 Forest Division under Punjab Land Preservation Act 1900 Section-4 & 5 1 B Detail of approved FCA cases under Section 4 & 128-129 5 of PLPA, 1900 3A List of common trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers 130-133 and grasses found in Dasuya forest division. 3B List of wild animals and birds found in Dasuya 134-140 forest division 6A List oflicenses issued for wood based industry in 141-146 Dasuya Forest Division 7A List of JFMC'S&FPC'S 147-149 7B Details of Trainings given to JFMC's since 2007 150-154 onwards 10 A,B,C Cost Estimate for various Plantation Models 155-172 11A Proposed Plantation Programme 173-174 11B Detail ofNurseries 175 11C PCCFPB. Letter of approval regarding Felling 176-180 Programme -Letter No. 2569-75 Dated 05-05- 2017 11D Proposed Soil and Moisture Conservation Works 181-182 11E Punjab Forest Leafleft No.13 183-203 11F Details of JFMC's Trainings Proposed during 204-223 current management plan period Compendium 1 The Punjab Land Preservation Act,1900 224-238 2 Felling Policy approved by Punjab Government 239-261 3 Standing Order No. 1 Dated 29-11-1963 262-267 4 Notification No. 4868-FT-IV. 60/4939 Dated 268-273 09.07.1960 (regarding section 4-PLPA 1900) 5 Notification No.1040-Ft(VI)-64/1192 Dated 06- 274-277 03-1964 (Notification of Section 3 of PLPA- 1900) 6 Notification No 39(24)FT. III-90/14685 Dated 278-279 04.07.1990 (regarding section 4-PLPA 1900) 7 Notification No.39/298/2005/Ft-3/10591 Dated 280 30-08-2005 (regarding section 4-PLPA 1900) 8 Letter Regarding Ban on Felling of Mango Trees 281 by PCCF Pb. dated 20.09.1994 9 Hon'ble Supreme Court order dated 12.12.1996 282-290 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 10 Punjab Regulation of Saw Mills, Veneer and 291-295 Plywood industries Rules-2006 11 Joint Forest Management Notification by Govt of 296-309 Pb. dated 18.11.2003 12 Delisting Notification No.39/14/2011-FT- 310-317 3/10048 Dated 22.12.2011 13 Delisting Notification No.39/14/2011-FT-3/1960 318-321 Dated 22.12.2011 14 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6479 322-325 Dated 11.08.2011 15 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4258 326-328 Dated 24.06.2013 16 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6493 329-331 Dated 11.08.2011 17 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6499 332-334 Dated 11.08.2011 18 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6489 335-337 Dated 11.08.2011 19 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6891 338-340 Dated 26.08.2011 20 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6509 341-343 Dated 11.08.2011 21 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6503 344-346 Dated 11.08.2011 22 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6483 347-349 Dated 11.08.2011 23 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2011-FT-3/6487 350-352 Dated 11.08.2011 24 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6491 353-355 Dated 11.08.2011 25 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6481 356-358 Dated 11.08.2011 26 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2010-FT-3/6485 359-360 Dated 11.08.2011 27 Delisting Notification No.39/8/2011-FT-3/4270 361-363 Dated 24.06.2013 28 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4286 364-366 Dated 24.06.2013 29 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4274 367-369 Dated 24.06.2013 30 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4272 370-372 Dated 24.06.2013 31 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4256 373-375 Dated 24.06.2013 32 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4548 376-378 Dated 24.06.2013 33 Delisting Notification No.39/18/2011-FT-3/4252 379-381 Dated 24.06.2013 34 Delisting Notification No.39/91/99-FT-3/1569 382-383 Dated 01.02.2001 35 Forest Cover Maps of every village falls under 384-435 the jurisdiction of Dasuya Forest Division ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS BH : Breast Height CCF : Chief Conservator of Forests DFO : Divisional Forest Officer FCA : Forest Conservation Act FPC : Forest Protection Committee GBH : Girth at Breast Height JFMC : Joint Forest Management Committee JBIC : Japan Bank for International Cooperation MoEF&CC : Ministry of Environment, Forests& Climate change PCCF : Principal Chief Conservator of Forests PLPA : Punjab Land Preservation Act 1900 VFC : Village Forest Committee GLOSSARY OF LOCAL TERMS Baggar : Bhabhar grass or Eulaliopsis binata Ban : Rope or yarn made from Bhabhar grass Kandi tract : Area along foothills of Shiwalik range Choe : Hill Torrents Chil : Chir or Pinusrox burghii Mustrka Malkan: Joint ownership PART I Background and Summary of Facts •The Tract CHAPTER I Dealt with Dasuya Management plan-2017-2027 2 1.