Forest and land-use and logging - Khammam, India

Logging and cutting of severely degraded landmass in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh, India under ITC Social Forestry Project

Description

Under the project activity, the degraded lands owned by the rural poor (tribals) are developed for raising plantations with Eucalyptus. The Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD), Unit: Bhadrachalam of ITC Limited is the primary developer of this project and initiated the project activity through Lumberjack Ltd lnd enterprise The participating NGOs are: Action for Collective Tribal Improvement and Vocational Education (ACTIVE); Human Organisation for Poverty Eradication (HOPE); Society for Health and Agriculture Department (SHADE), Society for National Integration through Rural Development (SNIRD) and Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) all promoted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.