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CHAPTER-VI CUTTING OF TREES, CULTIVATION, ETC. IN PROTECTED FORESTS [ Sections 32 and 76 (d) ]
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| Conditions for exploitation of protected forests | 23. | Exploitation of the protected forests shall be subject to the following conditions, namely- | ||
| (a) | (i) | No tree shall be girdled, pollarded or lopped off its branches. | ||
| (ii) | No trees shall be wounded for the collection of gum and resin | |||
| (iii) | No tree shall be uprooted, burnt or injured in any other manner. | |||
| (iv) | No tree other than that specifically marked for felling or permitted to be removed by a general order of the Divisional Forest Officer, shall be cut. | |||
| (v) | No tree under 9' girth at breast- height shall be cut. | |||
| (vi) |
All trees permitted to be cut shall be cut as close to the ground as possible
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| Removal of forest produce. | 24. |
No forest produce may be removed from protected
forest, except by bonafide villagers of the villages notified to be located
within the protected forest . No forest produce shall be removed from a plot
assigned for cultivation in protected forest or from any trees in such plot except by
such bonafide villagers of such plot and no forest produce shall be removed
from any protected forest in a village or from any trees in such
protected forest except by a bonafide villager
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| Cutting of trees, etc. is prohibited. | 25. | Cutting etc. of trees is prohibited save as provided in these Rules. | ||
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Production of pass or license. |
26. |
Any person holding a pass or a license for appropriation or removal of forest produce shall have in his possession the pass or the license, whenever he enters protected forests for any purpose connected therewith shall produce the same whenever required to do so by a Forest officer.
Provided that nothing in this Rule shall apply in case of a person who is
permitted to remove forest produce without the production of a pass in time
of famine or scarcity by any general or special orders of the Government .
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| Levy of royalty | 27. |
The Chief Conservator of Forests shall levy
rates of royalty payable for each kind of forest produce removed from
protected forests according to schedule fixed by the Govt. from time to
time.
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| 28. |
Following privileges are admitted to the
bonafide villagers residing in the notified villages within the protected forests- |
Certain privileges admitted to the bonafide villagers. | ||
| (i) |
Grazing rights-They may graze cattle in the area
subject to the control of the Forest department which may close the area or parts of it grazing from time to time for regeneration
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| (ii) |
Wood rights-They will have the rights of
obtaining wood for their own buildings and for firewood and for wooden
implement for their own use only but not for sale.
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| (iii) |
Hunting rights- These State Rules for the
preservation of Wild Life will apply.
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| (iv) |
Cultivation rights- The wet-rice cultivation of
the villages within the protected area will continue as before. They will
have no Jhuming rights in general terms but may have Jhuming for certain
crops at suitable places subject to the control and supervision of the
Forest Department.
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| 29. |
No lease of fishing rights, shall be granted in
any river passing through a reserved or protected forest, except by the Govt. in any manner regulated by its Rules.
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Fishing rights. | ||
| 30. |
"Forest Villages" may be established in the
protected forest in accordance with the procedure laid down for the establishment of "Forest Villages" in the reserved forests.
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Establishment of Forest Villages. | ||
| 31. |
The cutting, sawing, conversion and removal of
trees and timber and the collection, manufacture and removal of forests produce and the cutting of grass and pasturing of cattle shall be regulated, as far as may be in accordance with the Government , in so far they are not inconsistent with these Rules. |
Certain acts to be regulated by the plans/schemes approved by the Govt. | ||