Need for Social Forestry

  • Unemployment among Rural poor
  • Villagers’ Dependency on forests for basic needs like fuel, fodder, timber, fruits etc.
  • Soil erosion, Wasteland development
  • Environment degradation
  • Low productivity of resources because of lack of awareness and proper training

Impact of Social Forestry

  • To raise the standard of living and quality of life of the rural and the urban people
  • Improve environment for protecting agriculture from adverse climatic factors
  • Increase the supply of wood fuel for domestic use, small timber for rural housing, fodder for livestock, and minor forest produce for local industries
  • Provide jobs for unskilled workers

Impact of Social Forestry

  • 50,000 wood cum fruit bearing plants per grampanchayat increase forest cover by 8.33%
  • 500 families get continuous employment for 5 years
  • 125 man-days generated everyday in that GP
  • Labor Expenditure of Rs. 0.655 Crores per year

Social Forestry Under MNREGA: Model



India Still Green?

The increased level of climate warming is due to several reasons and human beings are one of contributors here. Cutting of tree in huge number and a significant reduction in forest cover over the past century has resulted greenhouse effect which ultimately causing global warming and climate change we are experiencing today.

C M MARKETIN G & RESEARCH PVT LTD

Plantation - maintenance model, Socio-Economic-Environmental effect and experience


OUR EXPERIENCE-

10 years in Social Forestry under MGNREGA, RDD, Bihar- Around 14 Millions (1,40,00,000) saplings planted in several districts of Bihar


Horticulture maintenance at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation-

Worked in Maintenance of horticulture work in Shastri Park Depot, Trainee Hostels, Prakriti Metro Park, Shastri Park Staff Quarters & its approach road to depot at Shastri park complex.


NURSERY & GABION MANUFECTURING

We have Nursery as well Gabion Manufacturing Units in Purnea, Gopalganj and Aurangabad Districts


NURSERY & GABION MANUFECTURING

We have Nursery as well Gabion Manufacturing Units in Purnea, Gopalganj and Aurangabad Districts


WATERING & FEEDING

& Gabion Manufacturing

For proper and healthy development of plants:
- Experts are hired for proper nurture of plants at nursery
- Enviro-friendly Wormy compost are using for feeding
- Proper boring facility for Watering facility
- One supervisor for each nursery and Gabion Manufacturing Units
- Manufacturing Enviro-Friendly Bamboo Fencing i.e. Gabion


SUPPLY ON DEMAND

On getting orders we supply Plants, Gabion and other required Materials – Hand pumps, wormy compost and trolley through our transport (Tucks, tractors) facility to the proper mentioned locations with loading and unloading facilities


CAPACITY BUILDING OF VANPOSHAK

Vanposhaks are the patron of Plants, We use them for proper maintenance of Plants, For this we trained them for:
- Proper arrangements of plants during plantation
- Proper and adequate amount of watering according to the species, soil and environment.
- Proper feeding of wormy compost to the plants
- Proper nourishment as per the condition of plants


MAINTENANCE FOR 5 YEARS THROUGH TRAINED VAN POSHAK

- Deploy and Train Vanposhak for regular maintenance and monitoring
- Provides Gabions for protections from animals and other threats
- Provides Hand-pump and trolley for proper watering facility
- Adequate amount of compost




Workshop conducted by CM Marketing and Research to upskill and train the vanposhaks of Gopalganj district in Bihar on tree nurturing and maintenance.


IMPACT

Socio-Economic
- Provide jobs and capacity building for unskilled workers (utilising as “Van-Poshak”, Gabion manufacturing and transportation)
- Increase the supply of fuelwood and fruits for domestic use, small timber for rural housing, fodder
- Positive impact on the standard of living of households through an increase in household income by improvements in production from agriculture
- SC, ST and Women along with socially excluded communities benefited from Social Forestry under MGNREGA
- Providing Plants as assets to “Van – Poshak” and society.