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Vision Statement of
Forest Department
Ever improving and sustained flow of goods and services to
the entire population with maximum livelihood opportunities
consistent with conservation and enhancement of ecology and
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environment of the State.
Since a large part of the State is under forest cover, the
problem of tribal livelihoods in forest areas is a
challenging one in respect of both socio-economic and
ecological development. While existing tribal organizations
have demanded that people get land and forest rights, the
Government itself has been attempting to balance the needs
of tribal livelihoods with forest conservation.Of the forested land in the State,
more than 70 per cent falls under the Sixth Schedule, that
is, under the jurisdiction of the Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous Development Council (TTAADC). However, the
Council has no control over its administration since the
land falls under the purview of the Forest (Conservation)
Act 1980 and, therefore, under the Central Government. This
makes the task of tribal development additionally difficult,
and the initiatives of the State Government and the
challenges before it have to be evaluated in this context.
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