Agroforestry push: Centre issues model rules to ease tree felling on farmland, boost legal timber trade – Times of India
In a step to promote agroforestry and streamline tree felling norms on agricultural lands, the Centre has notified a new set of model rules aimed at easing procedural hurdles for farmers, increasing tree cover outside forests, and supporting India’s climate goals under the Paris Agreement.In a letter dated June 19 to all state governments, the…