Social Forestry Project

PROJECT PROPOSAL
FOR
SOCIAL FOREST

Submitted by

ASHOKA NGO CONSULTANCY

Mr. Sandip Maiske, President & CEO
F.S.7, Ratan Palace, Near S.T. Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth, NAGPUR-18. India.
Tel: +91–712–6462688 Fax: +91–712–6462688
Email: [email protected] Website: www.ashokaconsultant.com

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I. GENERAL DATA

Project Title : Social Forest Project

Name of the organisations : Ashoka NGO Consultancy

Address : F.S.7, Ratan Palace, Opp. Khurana Travels,

Near S.T. Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth, Nagpur-18.
Tel: + 91 – 712 – 6462688
Fax: + 91 – 712 – 6462688
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ashokaconsultant.com

Name of the applicant : Mr. Sandip Maiske

President & CEO

Legal Status of the organisation : Registered under:

 Indian Trusts Act, 1860

 Income-tax Act, 1961
 FCRA, 1976

Project Location : District: Nagpur, State: Maharashtra

Target Groups : Tribe, Dalits, Women and Marginalised Farmers.

Time-frame for use of funds : From: 2009 to 2010

Grant requested : Rs. 1142000 (Rupees eleven lakhs forty two

thousand only)

II. BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION

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Ashoka NGO Consultancy was a registered, voluntary initiative of a group of social concerned
activists and academics with a vision of achieving total liberation and comprehensive
empowerment of women by adopting multigrain strategies.
Ashoka NGO Consultancy is committed to develop human potential and the community in the
areas of social, economic cultural and self-governance, addressing the livelihood issues and the
rights of people, the target community adhivasis, women, children, disabled persons and the
other unorganized.
Ashoka NGO Consultancy is working in Ramtek Taluka, among 42 adhivasi villages. For the
empowerment of adhivasi Adiwasi-community with special focuses on women and children.
Ashoka NGO Consultancy visualizes a society that ensures human rights for all without
discriminative and inequality, especially for adhivasi women on the basis of right approaches and
to organize them to internalize their status and motivate them to uphold their rights.

Vision
“To empower the Adivasis and the needy in socio-economic, cultural and political spheres of
human life”

Mission
“To revive Adivasis’ identity to pass on their traditional wisdom, values, knowledge, traditional
medicines and culture to promote environmental sustainability and right over natural resources
and forest regeneration, gender to protection and promotion of women’s rights and equality”

Target areas & Target Groups

Ashoka NGO Consultancy is now effective in Nagpur District of Maharashtra, India. The key
target groups are Dalits (the so called untouchables or lowest caste group), children, child
labourers, disadvantaged youth, rural women and unorganized rural labourers.

Objectives
 To improve their standard of living and document the traditional scientific knowledge and
skills of the Adiwasi women especially in the field of traditional medicine
 To empowerment of the Adiwasi tribe with special focus on women and children to impart
socio-economic and cultural awareness through village associations among the Adiwasi
about their identity and legal rights.
 To protect and promote adhivasi rights particularly women and children.
 To improve the economic situation of the adhivasis especially the Adiwasi women through
income generating activities.
 To formulate and implement activities to promote the reveal and enhancement of traditional
adhivasis/tribal occupations.

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 To increase the literacy rate among adhivasi community particularly among girls and impart
skills and capacities to meet the challenges that arises from imperialist globalization,
 To protect the environment by community forest management through environment
education and tree planting on private and public lands.

Major Programmes And Activities

 Livelihoods development of scheduled tribes through indigenous knowledge
 Literacy and capacity building programmers and training camps
 Forest conservation and regeneration and local resources protection
 Village reconstruction and assets building for the poor and marginalized
 Adhivasi development with indigenous culture and wisdom
 Gender equity and gender sensitization programmers for women and men
 Networking and policy intervention with organization and movements
 Organizational development process including staff development.
 Research, documentation and publication.

Achievements
 50 Group houses for Adivasis were built by the negotiation of Ashoka NGO Consultancy.
 5 villages received cattle raising loans with subsidy from the Forest Department formed by
Ashoka NGO Consultancy as Village Forest Committee.
 1 Adiwasi village had taken the auction of Non-Timber Minor Forest Produce (NTMFP)
from the Forest Department
 2 Adiwasi villages completely received community certificates as Schedule Tribe (ST)
 Through TADHCO schemes SHG women’s received subsidy loans for income generation.
 AARANYA Adiwasi Federation formed in a grassroots level to addresses the issues such as
poverty, discrimination, violence, gender justice, equality, fundamental rights and
opportunities for political participation.
 Using Adiwasi knowledge on environment for wide spread conservation initiatives (e.g.
water conservation, Agro forestry, land usage, and local resource protection.)
 Cultural revival and validation of Irula culture including gender values, traditional unity,
tribal festivals, common resource ownership and indigenous wisdom.

III. TARGET AREA BACKGROUND

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The history of exploitation and destruction of forests in India goes back to the British period
when the forests wealth was consumed for commercial gains. The trend continued even after
independence and the forests were used not for imperative economic growth but for other various
reasons. The denudation of forest land, however, had now slowed down in recent years despite
human and commercial pressures due to efforts made by various agencies. The main hot spots
which are threatened in India are Himalayan regions and Western Ghats which are assumed as
paradises for valuable gains. The growing population, one of the main factors for deforestation,
increases the need of land for more food production to feed the growing number of people
causing environmental degradation.

In view of the above and other facts, the Government of India and other agencies have launched
various promotional schemes all over the country for a forestation and fresh plantations to
increase the forest cover in which the participation of local people is also taking place. However,
due to lack of a centralised database, these agencies are sometimes not in a position to plan their
projects in an efficient way. Ashoka NGO Consultancy had taken initiative to resolve this
problem through this Social Forestry Project in Ramtek Taluka of Nagpur District.

Environment

Maharashtra is endowed with rich forests extending over an area of 28,777 sq. Kms. This
constitutes 20.59% of the State's Geographic area. The Western Ghats in this State is a repository
of rich bio-diversity in which several endangered and threatened flora and fauna are found.
Maharashtra also possesses rich diversity in its mangroves and wetlands at Navegaon and
Devalapar. However one-third of the forest area is estimated to be degraded due to
anthropogenic forces like illicit felling, over grazing and forest fire.

The National Forest Policy, 1988 sets the basic objectives, essentials and strategies of forest
management. The principal aim of this Policy is to ensure environmental stability and
maintenance of ecological balance including atmospheric equilibrium, which is vital for
sustenance of all life forms, human, animal and plants. The derivation of direct economic benefit
is to be subordinated to this principal aim.

Deforestation, Pollution and Wildlife

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Pollution, deforestation and wildlife trade of the aspirations of more than one billion people.
These are some of the critical issues that India grapples with every day. But as the country’s
population and economy continue to grow, the need to find solutions becomes more urgent every
day.
Across India, concern is mounting over an ever growing list of environmental problems.
More people means increased pressure on natural resources (from water to forests), while an
economy in high-gear is leaving a trail of pollution that’s affecting not only India, but the rest of
the world too.

Deforestation

India is witnessing a rising demand for forest-based products. This is causing deforestation and
encroachment into forest protected areas, which leads to a severe loss of natural resources.
It is estimated that total industrial round wood consumption in India could exceed 70 million m 3
per year by the end of the decade (350,000 large shipping containers), while domestic supply
would fall short of this figure by an estimated 14 million m3.

As the nation will have to depend heavily on imports to meet this growing demand, there is fear
that this could result in loss of high conservation value forests and biodiversity elsewhere.

Pollution

Increasing competition for water among various sectors, including agriculture, industry,
domestic, drinking, energy generation and others, is causing this precious natural resource to dry
up. Increasing pollution is also leading to the destruction of the habitat of wildlife that lives in
waterways.

About Nagpur

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation is an important part of Nagpur administration. The

total population of the city of Nagpur according to 2001 census report is 2.5 million. The
main languages spoken here are Hindi and Marathi. The weather of Nagpur is not humid
at all. The Nagpur seasons are mainly divided into rainy season, winter and summer.

Since the city of Nagpur is a cosmopolitan city, people of various religious beliefs reside
in harmony in this place. The various religious communities of Nagpur are Hindus,
Muslims,Jains,Christians,Parsis.

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The city of Nagpur has a well-built infrastructure. The Nagpur infrastructure will be
further enhanced with the establishment of two Information Technology parks in the
city. It is well linked by all the major means of transport, that is, airways, roadways and
railways. The transport communication of the city of Nagpur makes it easily accessible
from the rest of the country. The Nagpur airport or the Doctor Ambedkar International
Airport operates both domestic as well as international flights. The two important roads
in the city are the National Highway number 6 and the National Highway number 7.

The railway station of Nagpur links up the city with many other major places of India.
The Nagpur railway station is a railway junction situated on the railway lines of the
south-eastern and the central parts of India.

Natural Resources

Nagpur one among the districts of Maharashtra, which with natural resources having 2,224 Sq.
Kms of forest cover is its unique feature. The hill ranges of this district are called by the name
'Devalapar'. The major type of forest seen here are Tropical, Deciduous forests, thorny shrubs
and bamboo forest. Dense forest cover Nagpur region. The other region contains shrubs, hills
and hillocks with bushes.

Flora and Fauna

The major wild animals include Tiger, Spotted Deer, Gaur, Wild boar, Panther, Wild Fox etc.
The forest area of Nagpur Taluk forms the prime Tiger habitat with lot of bamboos and this area
constitutes the Tiger reserve, which is constituted over and area of about 550 Sq. Kms. The bird
population is also attractive with beautiful bird like Paradise flycatcher. Big lakes in Anchetti
and Hosur areas also attract large number of migratory birds like Painted storks, Teals etc. Apart
from these birds and mammals, there are variety of butterflies, giant spiders etc. that are coming
under endangered list. Tadoba shoal forest in Chandrapur Taluka is known for large scale
migratory butterflies during a particular season then one can observe thousands of migratory
butterflies passing through this forest like a passing cloud.

The district is a paradise for natural lovers. The flora include variety of timber trees like Rose
wood, Teak, Sandal etc. Hundereds of medicinal herbs, minor forest plants like Sagvan,
Bamboo, Khair, Anagan etc. The following trees like “Tadoba”. Since pungam trees are found in

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abundance in this forest pungam oil is extracted from this seeds of this tress which is a non
pollutant Bio-fuel.

IV. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

 To develop 20 farm forestry in Devalapar area

 To form 75 community forestry in the targeted areas
 To create 25 extension forestry in the targeted areas
 To promote agro- forestry among 400 farmers in the targeted areas
 To ensure environmental and ecological stability in Devalapar area through social
forestry model.
 To enhance tree cover outside forests for livelihood security.
 To create an awareness on environment, forest and forest products and preserving the
forest.

V.METHODOLOGY

There are four types would be applied to create social forestry project awareness more successful
in the community.

a. Farm forestry

The project would encourage non-commercial farm forestry in the target areas. Individual
farmers will be encouraged to plant trees on their own farmland to meet the domestic needs of
the family. Non-commercial farm forestry is more outcomes oriented in any social forestry
project, in the country today. It is not always necessary that the farmer grows trees for fuel wood,
but very often they are interested in growing trees without any economic motive like they may
want it to provide shade for the agricultural crops; as wind shelters; soil conservation or to use
wasteland.

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b. Community forestry

The project would also adopt community forestry where trees will be raised on community land
and not on private land as in farm forestry. The aim is to provide for the entire community and
not for any individual. The government will provide seedlings, fertilizer but the community has
to take responsibility of protecting the trees. The communities would manage the plantations in a
sensibly and in a sustainable manner so that the village continues to benefit.

c. Extension forestry

Under this method the project would be planting of trees on the sides of roads, canals and
railways, along with planting on wastelands is known as ‘extension’ forestry, increasing the
boundaries of forests. Under this project tree plantation will in the village common lands,
government wastelands and panchayat lands.

d. Agro- forestry

The project would also promote planting of trees on and around agricultural boundaries, and on
marginal, private lands, in combination with agricultural crops.

e. SHGs formation and activities to protect the environment

Women and men in the targeted 40 hamlets of Devalapar would be organised in to self-help
groups (SHGs). The project would form Self-Help Groups for rural women (SHGs) and will
also train the women members of SHGs in Micro-Finance and Income generation activities to
make them self-reliant.

VI. MONITORING & REPORTING

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The staff, Formers association, SHGs and the environmental volunteers committee would
monitor and report the project on monthly basis and the same would be reported by them in form
of descriptive report with photos.

VII. EVALUATION

The evaluation will use questionnaires, observation, interviews, and tests to assess factors such
as the extent to which the objectives achieved and the comparative awareness of environment
among the target groups.

VIII. IMPACTS AIMED

 The project would develop 20 farm forestry in the targeted areas

 The project would form 25 community forestry in the targeted areas
 The project would create 12 extension forestry in the targeted areas
 Agro- forestry would be introduced to 400 farmers in the targeted areas
 The environment and ecological stability in Devalapar area would be ensured.
 At least 50000 saplings per year would cover outside forests for livelihood security.
 At least 40 SHGs would be formed in the 40 hamlets/villages to promote their economic
standards as well as to sustain the social forestry project.
 Environmental pollution would be reduced in the targeted 40 hamlets/villages.

IX. SUSTAINABILITY

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The project would be sustained by the environmental clubs and self-help groups (SHGs). These
groups would take up the activities in course of time.

X. BUDGET
S.No. Particulars Calculations Total Cost

1. Farm forestry Rs.10000 x 20 farm forestry 200000

2. Community forestry Rs.5000 x 25 community forestry 125000

3. Extension forestry Rs.15000 x 4 Extension 60000

4. Agro- forestry Rs.500 x 400 farmers 200000

5. Environmental awareness Rs.10000 x 12 Schools 120000

camps
6. School environmental club Rs.5000 x 12 clubs 60000

7. Exhibition on environmental Rs.25000 x 4 Exhibition 100000

awareness
8. IEC materials for Awareness 25000

10 Self-Help Group ( SHGs) formation & guidance

9. Field Workers Salary Rs.3000 x 12 months x 2 staff 72000

10. SHGs Training on Micro-finance Rs.5000 x 5 Training 25000

1. Sub Total 987000

II. ADMINISTRATION COST

11. Project Coordinator Salary Rs.7500 x 12 months 90000

12. Electricity Rs.5000 x 6 Times 30000

13. Printing & Stationary Rs.500 x 12 months 6000

14. Reporting Rs.250 x 12 months 3000

15. Staff Review Meetings Rs.500 x 12 months 6000

16. Auditing Fee Once a year 10000

17. Evaluation Once a year 10000

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II. Sub Total 155000

GRAND TOTAL FIRST YEAR 1142000

List of Document Attached with this Project Report

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1 Society Registration Certificate

2 Public Trust certificate
3 Bye – laws of Society
4 Memorandum of Association
5 Management Committee list
6 Management Committee Resolution
7 Staff list engaged in Society
8 Audit Report (Last three years)
9 Annual Report (last three years)
10 Pan card Xerox
11 Bank A/c Passbook Xerox
12 Photo of NGO
13 Newspaper article of NGO
14 Literature published by NGO

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