All say grow trees. They are right, even though they may not know the full benefit. And many know wood is eco-friendly. They are right even though they may not know the indirect benefits like wood use will reduce mining, which is good for environment. But only grower experience the harassment of forest dept and know the policy hurdles. Tree growing is a challenge which we are ready to face. Bad part is policy hurdles. I feel, the colonial foot print of forest laws & procedures meant to protect forest is been applied on farmers also. It is not only hurting tree growing in India but feel, may be hurting tree growing in many countries. So I request UN, UNEP, UNFCC, UNCCD, FAO, IUCN, CITES all study and remove such hurdles for tree growing in all the countries and promote eco-friendly wood instead of metal / plastics.

1. Timber Development Board / Authority
under
Min of Agriculture &Farmers Welfare
A wholistic Solution
By RP Ganesan BE
Growing 40000 trees in Dry Lands
http://wca2014.org/healthy-wealth-from-degraded-dry-
lands-with-trees/

2. Trees are solution for
• To get more rain
• More percolation – Ground water recharge
• Reduce temp – less energy will be used
• Clean air, India’s EPI is 178/180
• Tree growing in farm lands will reduce
– Hot wind, water transpiration - requirement
• Improves the soil, reduces fertilizer need
Will reduce water consuming crops like
coconut / sugar and save ground water

3. Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Vision is clear
• More crop per Drop – Simple but Great
• Farmer’s Income shall be doubled by 2022
• Requested farmers to grow trees in the
boundaries
• Committed @ Paris climate conference that
India will sink 2.5 billion MT of carbon
through additional tree cover
The wholistic solution,
Needs implementation

4. Brief facts on Trees / Wood
• India Imports 90% of its wood needs.
• Rs 50000 Cr pa, will be a lakh Cr in 2022
• Growing std of living increases it’s need
• Wood is eco-friendly, than metals
• Huge potential to grow trees in India, lot of
barren lands, drying lands….
• Many farmers are interested, absent
landlords are interested, IT retirees are
interested….

5. Will farmers grow trees? Very much
• As they are struggling for water / labor
• India has huge arable barren lands
• It has varied climate regions
• Biodiversity rich India, has got matching
tree species for all those conditions & soil
There was a huge response for an article about
my tree growing in a daily newspaper
https://tamil.thehindu.com/tamilnadu/article27691923.ece

6. Farmers across TN & AP responded for the article
• Farmers from delta, Thiruvaiyar called up
saying, no profit in paddy, want to grow trees
• Coconut farmers from many districts called up
saying ground water is not there, want to grow
trees with less water
• Barren dry land farmers from Karur called up
• Retired Professors / Thasildhars interested.
• Farmers with physically challenged children
wanted to grow trees…

7. Tree Growing is not facilitated
But Harassed by forest dept
• Old Colonial Forest laws created by British,
meant to meet their needs still continues
– The same is applied on farm trees, wrong
– Export restricted for native unique woods also
• Felling / Transit procedures are cumbersome
• Old method of proof / procedures.
• Farmers treated as thief, while taking his wood
It is not only farmer’s view / my experience,
many reports confirm

8. Noted Environmentalist, confirmed
• Ms Sunitha Narrain Dir General of Centre
for Science and Environment (CSE)
• In her 2017 blog “ How not to grow trees”,
“But what really hurts is that planting a tree is
bound up in so much restriction and red tape
that it is not worth effort”
• Note: Generally she is against tree felling to
improve environment, but ie., in forest.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/how-not-to-
grow-trees-57958

9. Shri AK Bansal Committee Report 2012
• Each state has it’s own transit rules
• So Transportation across INDIA is difficult
Hard Truth,
Imported wood is allowed freely for transport,
but not our native woods.
Recommended
MISSION (Long term goal)
“Felling and transit restrictions with respect to
trees planted on non forest private lands are
completely removed”

10. Agroforestry policy, 2014
• 2.3 clause says “obtaining permission
permits for harvesting and transportation are
cumbersome, costly & frustrating and
hence, discourages farmers from
undertaking tree planting on farm lands. It is
also time consuming, mental agony, felt so
much harassment for doing good thing”
Recommended , Ref in 5.1.1, of policy
Need to create a Mission or Board

11. MoEFCC, High level committee, 2014
4th Recommendation
Plantation of approved species on private lands
could be considered for compensatory afforestration
with facility for ‘treeland’ trading. (Para 5.7).
3rd Recommendation
“To offer economic incentives for increased
community participation in farm and social
forestry by way of promoting and proving
statutory safeguards to ‘treelands’ as distinct
from ‘forest’. (Para 5.6)

12. We thank GOI,
for having taken it again, for reconsideration
• Recommended many reforms, to improve
environment and pollution control
• Suggested, IES, Indian Envirn Service
• Clear approach - issue & recommendations
Insisted for a differentiation between “Forest” and
private tree growing lands “Treelands”, needed
MoEFCC, High level committee … contd

13. Definitions are important
To do international trade legally
• UN FAO has formed an Expert committee
– To define “Forest”, “Better late than never”
• Represented the issues to them, need for
distinguishing Forest trees and Farm trees
– Acknowledged & said under consideration
Agroforestry / Trees outside Forest / Farm Forestry
Many words, Needs Standardization,
I Feel, word Treeculture is apt

14. NITI Aayog’s one of Agri Reform 2016
“All tree species grown in farmers private
land shall be free from felling and transit
regulation”.
Good. Simplified all
Yet to happen. Who will ensure this?
– MoEFCC or MoA & Farmer’s Welfare?
We request to add
“… free from felling, transit and sell / export
regulations”

15. Mission Created but…
• Mission created under MoAFW
SMAF – Sub Mission of Agro Forestry
but Hurdle continues…
Objective of removing hurdles
NOT achieved

16. SMAF is
not
reviewed
and
NO
progress
in
removal
of hurdles

17. One lapse made me understand many
• Forest dept did not recommend right compensation for
my Red sanders tree in NH66
• Got into it, understood lapses, got stay & still in stay
• Learned Red Sanders is not an Endangered species
• Represented to IUCN, CITES, NBA, MoEFCC &
DGFT and Got favorable export policy.
In detail - thanking to IUCN / CITES / GOI
https://www.slideshare.net/GanesanRP/a-farmers-
representation-could-create-a-export-policy-in-shri-modi-
ji-responsive-government

18. Still some more lapses, in Red Sanders
• As per CITES, export quota needs to be
fixed for every calendar year, not yet fixed
for 2019, now July 12th
• Red Sanders shall be removed from
Appendix II of CITES, which will remove
some more restrictions / procedures
• No one knows the population of Red sanders
and plan & promote export
– BSI / Kolkata not taking it up, Who else?

19. SMAF is not
even aware
about this
cumbersome
procedure for
export of Red
sanders wood

20. So, learned SMAF has no role in removal of
hurdles except some fund allocation
• SMAF comes under MoAFW in GOI, but
implemented by forest dept in many states
• SMAF is not able to change / remove old colonial
forest dept procedures for felling, selling
• SMAF is not able to remove hurdles in transit laws
of states forest dept to market across India.
• SMAF could not ensure for wood industries
• Identification of tree species, wood products,
creation of industries, export …….

21. Conflicts - a case study
• National Medicinal Development Board,
Ministry of AYUSH, gives subsidy to grow dry
land trees Red sanders, Sandal..,!
• MoEFCC has procedure flow chart for export
of Red Sanders, on web !
• TN gives permission to fell & sell
• Biodiversity board charges 5% , to export !
• Export was not allowed, no market in India
SMAF does not have any say on any of these

22. SMAF & CITES
• CITES restricts international trade of endangered
species from wild
• But it allows cultivated source woods.
• SMAF is not even member in CITES, not aware about
all these
• SMAF could be CITES Management Authority
for Timber Species
– Malaysia Timber Industry Board is CITES
Management authority for Timber
– In India Dy IGF WL for all

23. SMAF did not facilitate
• Drip irrigation subsidy for Treeculture
• Bank loan / Insurance
• Quality saplings
• Creation of different procedures from forest
for farmer’s tree felling, selling, export…
• Wood Industries
• Estimation demand and supply…
• Payment for environmental service / carbon
credit. US gives for organic rice cultivation

24. So, creation of
Timber Development Board / Authority
Like NHAI or Jalasakthi
is the complete solution to remove hurdles
for tree growing & make India Green,
and Get RAIN
facilitate tree growing as
SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM
Next , Should TD Board / authority be under
Agri & Farmer’s welfare (MoAFW) , or
Forest (MoEFCC)

25. Mindset
• When we say TREE, All think Forest Why?
• From agrarian age, timber needs were met
from forest.
• 18th Century, British created Forest dept, to
manage forest for timber needs of Britan
1990s Amla was NTFP ( Non timber Forest
Produce) but now in Horticulture - abundant supply

26. Forest Policy 1986 Changed
…..but not the org setup
“Forest for Conservation not for Production“,
means
– Forest is not meant for Production of wood
– Forest needs to be conserved, wilderness
– NO MORE wood from forest for Industries etc
– Wood needs to be met from Farmer’s land
Trees need not be related to Forest, Anymore !!
Shall be part of agriculture, Treeculture

27. IFS meant for Forest not agri
IFS mandate is “Protection of Forest”
neither Production of wood to meet the
demand
nor Farmer’s Welfare – ref: IFS syllabus

28. Single window system
• It is a successful concept to speedy
permission, facilitation
• Available for Industries, why not for timbers?
• Horticultre, Sericulture….. are doing good job
• Treeculture is integral part of agriculture, with
other activities like animals / intercrops /
horticulture….

29. To facilitate Tree growing in
“Treelands” of the Farmers,
which is part of Farmer’s Welfare,
Timber Development Board / Authority
Shall be Under
Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare dept
… simple logic, many more follows
So, It is clear

30. • Why Forest dept could not improve tree
growing?
• Who interacts / visits farmers frequently?
• Who has details of lands? And match the trees
to suit
– Irrigated, well / bore-wells & it’s depth
– Dry lands – Rain qty / it’s pattern
– Soil types / depth / moisture
• Who has comparative economic study? ….
Root Cause Analysis

31. MoEFCC tried with
• GIM, Green India Mission
• National Afforestration and Eco-devp Board
• IWDB 1985, now with MoRD
• Combat Desertification department
– Any one single successful model?
• Extension centers / Social forestry
• JICA / JFM etc
Forest dept could not increase Green cover
even by 1% from 24% to achieve the goal of
33%, since 1988 !!!

32. Forest dept could not
• It could not facilitate tree growing in Farmer’s
land & ensure income from it
– How much area of successfully grown trees?
– How many farmers benefited by tree growing?
– How many species ? Varieties?
• India was wood Exporter ! Now Importer
Sad part, our native species TEAK wood is
now getting imported from Brazil…..

33. Failed because..
MoEFCC has wide responsibility
• Forest / Wildlife conservation is their FOCUS
• Ocean is also part of their concern
• Environmental clearance, monitoring, etc
– A complex responsibility in growing economy with
Nuclear / Petrochemical / Mega metros, Which
they are not familiar / taught
• Pollution control with growing industries
• Environmental Mgmt for growing Infra projects
So, even CAMPA not implemented

34. Forest dept focus shall is in Forest
…. Not farm lands
• Improve density & wilderness of forest
• Converting mono-culture / exotic species
– Exotic Eucalyptus in western ghats !!
• No-go areas
• Reduce pollution due to mines / resorts etc
• Birds/Bees population, study & Improvement
• Conserving / safe guarding wild animals
• NTFP, Non-Timber Forest Produce

35. Forest dept do not know economics
• In GAZA cyclone, Horticulture dept has given
compensation but not forest dept
• To convince farmer for tree growing, trees
income should be compared with other crops
• Teak is 3 times profitable than Coconut, with
less water& care, in suitable land
Approx calculation is in the next slide
Case study: In NH compensation for trees, Horti
dept calculates reasonably with future economics,
but Forest dept calculates on weight basis.
Farmers are paid very low. Is it fair?

36. Coconut vs Teak, benchmark
COCONUT TEAK
Years Income Exp Net Income Exp Net
1 0 -25000 -25000 0 -25000 -25000
6 15000 -10000 -75115 0 -5000 -75822.8
7 20000 -10000 -74128.8 100000 -5000 10078.49
13 55000 -10000 80415.57 0 -5000 -20682.8
14 60000 -10000 140065.4 150000 -5000 121835.3
15 60000 -10000 206873.3 0 -5000 131455.5
23 60000 -10000 1127195 0 -5000 263980.5
24 60000 -10000 1312459 0 -5000 290658.2
25 60000 -10000 1519954 40,00,000.00 -5000 4320537

37. No Demand Vs Supply - Mapping
• What is wood demand? Today- Another 50yrs
– Takes decades’s to grow and get it
• Which wood is imported? for what purpose?
• Available tree species, mapped suitable area.
• Farmers constraints & preferences.
Agriculture dept has cultivated area, demand for
each crops, every year, across all states
But forest dept do not have such system
And They never ever attempted to know population
for any tree species in farmer’s land!

38. Another proof, of Agri University contribution
for Agroforestry
• FC& RI, TNAU is Extremely active
• Created Consortium of Industrial Agroforestry
“CIAF” consisting of farmers, planters, fellers,
Industries, Scientist….. All are associated and
benefitted
• Tree growing farmers became member in their
consortium paying Rs 10000/- !!!
• Whereas DFO did not visit to assess Red
Sanders trees for NH-66 compensation, in
spite of High Court stay, for 7 years

39. Columbia Univ
(Agroforestry)
US, studied my
farm. Soil
penetration is
much better
than agri lands
No such from
Forest dept

40. Forest & Agriculture are Different
Forest
• Trees grow with wild shrubs
and wild animals
• No culture, wild
• Healthy soil.
• High moisture in Soil / Air
• No chemical / Pesticide
• Cool wind / air temp
Agriculture
• Trees need to be integrated
with other crops
• Mono-culture
• Degraded soil
• Low moisture in Soil /Air
• Fertilizer / Pesticide
• Hot wind / air temp
http://www.rainforestconservation.org/rainforest-
primer/7-special-topics/b-agriculture/4-differences-
between-agricultural-and-forest-land/

41. Forest soil vs Farm soil
• Forest soil is HEALTHY, due to humus of wild
shrubs, wild animals & droppings
• Farm soil is degraded, due to over
cultivation, compaction (Tractors), no humus
addition, no natural manure, excess chemical
fertilizer and pesticide.
Both are totally different.
Need research on
“Trees growth with various crops and animals
combination” – who ? Agri Univ.s or ICFRE

42. Water Use Efficiency (WUE)
“More Crop per Drop” – in PM words
• Sugar requires 2500 litres of water / kg
• Rice requires 5000 litres of water / kg
• How much is required for a kg of Teak?
• Water starving India needs to plan crops /
trees based on water availability
• Similarly Water Use Income, the final goal
These kind of studies are not done by Forest.
Better agriculture dept do that in agriculture lands
and compare with other crops

43. Agri Dry lands, a big potential
• 60 % agri lands are DRY
• Most of irrigated lands starving for water
– Becoming dry, Desertification
• What are the options?
– Industries / Solar, Thanks for SUKUM of GoI
– Tree growing will also suit
• Is tree growing profitable in dry lands?
– YES, some are better than Coconut
Biodiversity Rich India, has highly valuable and
unique dry land tree species.
And, demanded world wide, for GOOD CAUSE.

44. A case study
Agriculture impossible but.. Treeculture is !!
A land in TN, in 2005, Rocky, Dry, Red Soil &
Sloppy, No crop was possible,
even Tamarind of Forest dept did not give fruit .

45. but Red Sanders Tree is growing well
Without water !
Many Times Profitable than Coconut
It grew well with sheep grazing alone, 2013
This tree sapling was not from forest dept.

46. MoEFCC treats Forest & Farm trees in
same manner - Restrictive
• CITES : An Int’l org, restricts export of endangered
species from WILD, to conserve it
• But Allows / Encourages from cultivated lands, to
meet the needs and reduce the damage to wild forest
• And, MoEFCC did not differentiate & suggest
DGFT for a separate policy for Farmer’s RS wood
– Thanks DGFT now allowing it after years of
representations
But Malaysia Timber Industry Board, ensures no
such lapses and facilitates export of Endangered
species from cultivated source in larger quantities

47. Sandal
• BEST Tree for our dry land, Grows by itself,
– Birds spread seeds, grows along with A. lebbek /
Mango / Amla… etc
– without water, fertilizer, NOTHING
• But forest law made farmers to plug out
Even today, in Kgi dt / TN farmers plug out
birds spread Sandal under Mango trees.
An unique potential is simply lost
Now, Indian Sandal wood grown in Australia,
by Indian farmers, is sold in India !!!

48. Pathetic
• No farmer got payment from TN Forest dept till
now for the sandal wood harvested from farm
land, taken by them , as per TN Farm land
Sandal act 2008.
Is it not cheating?
• Farmers should be allowed to sell directly to
companies, handicraft manufactures, cosmetic
industries, authorized sandal sellers like cauvery
handicrafts, khadi…..

49. Teak- India’s Tree,..now India Imports!!
• Native of Asia, Drought tolerant /All want it.
• Max planted Tree in the world
“World adopted our Tree…
..we adopted it in Scheduled Timber List”
Indian Farmer’s Plight, a case study
An acre farmer cut his own Teak tree, sawed and
brought for his small house, in the night,
as though he is a thief, to avoid forest dept
No other profession will experience such state !!

50. Rosewood, India’s Pride, but
• Proud being dinning table Top in
Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom.
• TN not allowing to fell in farmer’s land also
– Rule extended for every 15 years.
– Any benefit / increase in population ????
• Takes 75 yrs to grow, what will be the
policy?
• Also in scheduled timber list - purpose?
No cutting permission, But
Forest extn gives Rosewood sapling to Farmers!!!

51. • What is purpose of scheduled timber list?
– Teak, Rose wood, Red Sanders, Sandal,
Ebony,…
• What for? When created? Objective achieved
or deteriorated? When will it be removed?
Colonial sysstem, still exist in same manner
Fundamental question?
Conservation parks in each state, consisting of
IUCN red-listed species will help conservation

52. So, Forest dept made our trees
Endangered
• Dry land trees :Sandal, Red sanders …
• Fertile land tree: Rosewood, T.Arjuna…
• Hilly region trees: Agar …
• Many more like Ebony….. etc
Whereas, MoAFW made a tree Popular
One policy made NEEM useful
Policy : Fertilizer should be coated with NEEM
In 2017, Farmers started PLANTING NEEM !!!
Neem wood is in demand @ Europe.

53. Tamarind of Forest dept, A case study
• 1989, forest dept supplied root coiled sapling
• Took 10 years to grow in my dry land
• No fruit, waited for another 5 years
• Understood that Tamarind is not fit for mono-
crop plantation, only for line / roadside
• I lost 15 years, many more in our area.
Forest dept still has monocrop Tamarind
Amla had become horticulture species !!!
When will Tamarind become horti crop?

54. Simarouba Glauca of Forest dept
• Promoted in 2005s, An exotic species
• Breaks by our wind,
• Till now ZERO income.
• How many farmers benefited out of this?
Our native, Madhuca longifolia, would have been
better. Thanking Dr. ERR Sadasevum
Improvement comes from study of Failure.
Study such failures, update in website, to avoid
future failures. Eg: Air-crash Investigations

55. Eucalyptus
• Exotic
• Leafs do not enrich soil, but deteriorates it
• Not symbiotic with local shrubs / grass
• So high soil erosion in hills where eucalyptus
plantation is there
Very sad to see it, in rich western ghats hills
This shall be planted near all cities where waste or treated
waste water can be used for this, to get pulp for paper
Not at all in any of the forest area

56. Development & Compensation
• Infrastructure is important, Mining also
• But any compensatory afforestration ?
• CAMPA fund was ideal for long!!!
• Forest policy 1988 says no more production
forestry.
My view is close all state plantation
corporations, convert them into reserve forest
with endemic native endangered species,
as a compensatory afforestation & 1 acre pond
for every 10 acre

57. Let Forest dept Protect Forest 100%
• CCTV at forest check-post
– No permanent check posts on NH !
• No forest check-post at SH / NHs
– Check post means…. C…
Forest guards -guard weigh bridge instead of
forest and harass farmers, who transport Neem /
Mango / Palm woods.

58. Let ICFRE be a bridge between
Forest & Farmers
• ICFRE shall identify trees suitable for different
soil conditions
• Develop best gene and clones
• Give it to agriculture university for adaption at
field level
• ICFRE scientists can easily develop 20 important
tree species, 5 varieties
• And agriculture university scientists shall add few
more

59. Laws
• Sandal growers life is in danger
– A farmer is facing a criminal case, sandal theft
incidence, shooting to protect himself
• There should be severe punishment for those
who infringe lands
– Else protection problem
• There shall be discount while registering a
land with trees, not to be charged for tree
value
– Actually there shall be a 50% discount

60. NMSA
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
It is based on UN-SDG, Sustainable Dev Goals
8th Point
A consortium …..stack holders including …. like State
Agri Univ (SAUs), KVKs, ICAR Centres, … provide
single window service …
for the benefit of farming community.
1st Point, itself
Promoting integrated farming system covering crops,
livestock & fishery, plantation…..

61. NMSA … insists
• Soil health, water holding capacity
• Drought and flood resilience
• Water use efficiency, minimizing risk..
• GIS, location specific soil, crop mgmt ..
• Include it in national climate change plan..
• NFSM, MIDH, IWMP, RKVY, ICAR.. Integration
Did not mention MoEFCC,
……has to focus on Forest / whole environment
ICAR / KVKs shall be a Single Window System for
Treeculture & Permissions, also

62. A successful model -Malaysia
Malaysia Exports Wood, India Imports
Because Malaysia has got
Malaysia Timber Industry Board
under
Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Even, many endangered species woods are exported,
in large quantities.
Refer CITES Website - Export Quota / Org structure

63. Proven Models, under MoAFW
• Coconut Development Board
– Varieties, drip irrigation, value added products.
– Almost everywhere now / even in dry lands
– Waste Pith also Exported now
• Spices Develop’t board - exports at good price
• Tea Develop’t board -over produced
• Sugar development board - over produced
• Horticulture / Floriculture … many more
MoA is to meet the need, culturing
MoEFCC is for protection only, wilderness

64. So, creation of
TIMBER DEVELOPMENT BOARD /
AuThORIy
Shall be under
Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
Or
new one like Jalasakthi, considering Urgency

65. Coconut Dev Board website has
• Details of cultivated area in India, World,
productivity etc
• Cultivation techniques …
• Varieties…
• Products made from various parts of tree

66. Timber Dev Board of India (TDBI) -Target
• Bring 20% Tree Cover in Farm Land
• Zero Net Wood import in 2030
• No Barren land by 2025
Target areas for Trees
50% dry land area
20 % sugar / coconut where bore well is 500ft
So, total green cover will be 40%
(24% forest +20 % farm land - 4% for development)
Forest Policy Environmental Policy Achieved !!!

67. Lands for Treeculture, HUGE
• Good Soil but less water, ex. Thanjavur delta
• Coconut/Sugar areas with 1000 ft borewell
– Desertification
• Unviable Dry lands / Labour shortage areas
• Absent landlord’s lands– Growing
– Due to youth going for Jobs
• Big landlord’s part of their land for Trees

68. Drying
Coconut
areas,
a big scope
Many in TN,
AP,
Karnataka

69. Water starving sugarcane areas
• A farmer from Dharmapuri district,Palacode
Sugarmill area said that now ground water
level has gone down, not able to maintain
his coconut trees anymore, wants alternative
Inefficient old sugar mills in no-ground water
areas (1000 ft borewell) shall be closed and
other areas shall be reduced 5% pa for 5 years
Convert them for Tree growing, many are
interested

70. Barren Deltas
• Soil is rich, but no water
• Many don’t get water, even for 3 months
• They were dependent on Cauvery water
• Now, it has become uncertain, as the
drinking water needs of Bengaluru, Hosur,
Salem, Coimbatore, Vellore depends on that
A proven model: Alangudi in Pudukottai dist, TN
became fully green with Trees, now growing pepper
like in hill station.

71. Desertification
Whose mandate MoAFW or MoEFCC?

72. A Hard Truth
• Desertification is increasing in all states
– https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/desertifi
cation-not-just-north-indian-problem
• What is desertification? It is a form of land
degradation where fertile land gradually
deteriorates into a wasteland
• Desertification dept shall be under MoAFW
not MoEFCC
Nobody studies recouping a deserting land

73. Changing Job Scenario
• IT professionals are attracted towards Green
• Many IT professionals are investing
– in Organic / Treeculture / Integrated farming.
– Many are contacting me for guidance
• They value add /sell through e-commerce.
Knowledge based Organic Integrated Farming
with simple living is the best way
to combat Climate Change /create Healthy world
They will act as pioneer-spots, others will follow

74. • Farmers grow
– Coconut : assured income, but water consuming
– Mango trees : Farmers who have less water
• 2016 acute drought, many farmers wanted to
grow less water-using Timber trees
– Inspired by my trees growth, without water
• Saw my struggle for a policy correction, so
Continued deepening the Bore-well -True
Bore well crossing 1000 ft deep ?
so Indirectly, Forest dept is responsible
for Water Scarcity.

75. Impact Assessments for Trees?
• What is Environmental / Health / Social /
Economic impacts - by Trees
Coconut makes drinking water shortage (summer)
Eucalyptus spoils the soil
But good for drainage water, also bamboo
Red sanders is drought resilient (less suicide)
Teak has assured market (Income assured)
1500 ft deep borewell for crops -Desertification
Rosewood is a Pride for India
Indian Sandal will make the world SMELL GOOD!!

76. PES will reduce Farmer’s Suicide
• PES, Payment for environmental benefits /
Carbon credit
– Trees provide lot of Environ benefits, quantified
• The Hon’ble SC says, “Polluter pay”
– To whom, should reach the cleaner ?
– Cleaner- Tree grower is not getting it, deprived
• In US Paddy farmers also gets Carbon credits,
whereas in India, tree growers harassed with
old laws & procedures of forest dept.

77. Pay Rs 5000 /acre /year for long term (>15 yrs)
Timbers trees, After 6 ft growth , to ensure
Actually, it is their due, Payment for
Environmental Service (PES), not a subsidy
It also shall be accounted for
Compensatory Afforestration.
Ref: High Level Committee Report
It will be cheaper than tree growing thro’ Forest
dept, include all cost including all overheads
Carbon credit - Direct Transfer

78. TDB will reduce water scarcity
• 84% Water used for irrigation, 4% for
drinking, 14% for industry
• Major irrigated crops are Sugar, Coconut..
• Farmers continue this due to harassing forest
procedures for tree growing
• TDB facilitation of less /no water consuming
Treeculture will reduce water usage
Farmers not fully depend on Cauvery
Drinking water need of Mysore, Blr, Salem, Hosur,
Vellore, Erode, Tiruppur, Trichy... increasing

79. “Farmers can, Grow Any tree, Fell Anytime,
Transport to any market, Sell / Export
legally”, as he can.
Grow Any tree : will improve the biodiversity
Fell Anytime : Farmers may fell for various reasons,
Transport to any market : Different species for
different markets across India / world
Sell /Export to any market: Will get forex
Timber Development Board / Authority
Shall ensure

80. • Remove all Policy / procedural hurdles
• Estimate Timber Demand Vs Supply, for 50 yrs
• Map: Native Tree Species with Suitable areas
• Online Database of Trees: To choose, based on
soil, water, temp and economics
• More Research coordinated & transferred to
industries / farmers for Value addition….
….every part of tree shall be made useful
Timber Development Board / Authority
Shall ensure

81. Timber Development Board (TDB), shall
• Website : cultivation tech with video
– Suitable soil - Related water requirement
– Water Use Income or Productivity details.
– Economics based on today / future probability
• Online Permission:
– On line application with SF nos
– Geo-tagged photos / GPS transport
– KVK permits or private - like tax auditors
….and many more as issue comes up
Timber Development Board / Authoriy
Shall facilitate

82. • Laws to protect tree growing farmers
• Removing discouraging elements like
additional value for registration, shall be
discount when trees present in a land
• PES / Carbon credit
Timber Development Board / Authoriy
Shall facilitate

83. • Wood demand & Import increasing
alarmingly -Takes yrs to get matured wood
• Climate change has started affecting India
very badly, will get worst
Note: Wood exporting countries have started
restrictions. India needs to meet it’s demand
Timber Development Board / Authority
Required Urgently

84. India is starving for
Clean Water, Air & Good Environment.
Trees will Clean !
Very Easy to Make Green & Clean!
with a
Timber Development Board under MoAFW
Corruption is Percentage Loss
Bad Policy is Total Loss

85. Ins. General of Forest, Shri SK Khanduri
commented on my presentation
• …the species entering agro - field have got
freedom from regulations often.
• He also mentioned…”Nevertheless, positive
environment is already made for policy evolution
beyond colonial thoughts!”
but no such sign in ground level sir, ignorance,
colonial approach remains same

86. So
is required under
Agriculture department
To integrate crops & animals
with Trees
and make farming a wholistic one
No more committees please
Timber Development Board / Authority

87. My contribution
I will withdraw the court case against NH66 for
2 acres of land, worth 3 crores
If
A Timber Development Board
under MoAFW is created
or
any other means to remove hurdles completely
and facilitated properly

88. India committed at Paris Conference 2016
“India to Create additional carbon sink of 2.5 -3
billion MTs of CO2 equivalent through
additional forest and tree cover”
Increasing forest area is not possible
It is possible only if Treeculture is facilitated
in agri lands with a a TDB under MoAFW
Else will remain in paper as 33% green cover
as in 1988 Forest policy.

89. When an Industrial country Japan has 66% green cover,
agri country India can not have 40%?
Easy with Timber Dev Board (TDB) under MoAFW

90. Thanking you
Greening India will Get us
Good water & Clean air
RP Ganesan
Brahmavanam
H 96, New ASTC Hudco
Hosur 635109, TN
ganesanrp@gmail.com