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The one-week long Training Course on “Forest Certification” for the Indian Forest Service Officers organized by Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at Amity University, Noida, Sector – 125 was inaugurated today by Dr. J.C. Kala, Ex-Director General (Forests) & Hony. Director General, AIGWES, Dr. Sunil Saran, Vice Chairman, Amity Science Technology and Innovation Foundation and Maj. Gen. R.K. Dhawan, Senior Vice President RBEF & Director International Affairs Division, Amity University.
Dr. J.C. Kala, Director General, AIGWES gave a general over view of the week long training programme. In his inaugural speech, he said that the objective of the programme is to make the participants aware of what the governments of the various countries are doing for the conservation of the precious natural resources which are depleting with time. The aim is to work on the cross-fertilization of ideas and its implementation in the training programme. Dr. Kala informed the participants that the certified forest has better market value domestically as well as globally. So “Certification” is the buzzword and “Sustainable Development” is the keyword in the world of forestry and natural resources.
Dr. Sunil Saran, Vice Chairman, Amity Science Technology and Innovation Foundation while expressing his keen interest on agro-forestry said that it has ecological aptitude and helps in water logging. He informed the participants that earlier millet was considered as a subsidiary crop but currently it has achieved immense value. Dr. Saran said that it took 400 million years for the earth to cloth itself with forest. At present we have lost one-third of the precious top soil. We must think and implement ideas for maintaining sustainability and fertility of the soil. Seasonal crops are to be cultivated for retaining fertility. He urged the participants to forbid people from cutting trees as this will help retain the forest of the country.
17 forest officials from 14 States participated in the Training Programme. Mr. V.K. Tiwari, IFS from Himachal Pradesh, Mr. A.K. Pandey from Allahabad, Mr. Manoj Tripathi from Karnatake, Mr. Kallu Singh Alawa from Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Keshav Singh, Madhya Pradesh, Mr. M.N. Gawali from Maharashtra, Ms. V.L. Roui Kullai, Mr. Gala Bhaskar Reddy, Ms. P.Z. Mekro, Mr. D. Manjunathan from Sikkim, Mr. K. Soundrapandian from Tamil Nadu, Mr. Sunil Kumar Rastogi, Mr. K. Venkat Subha Rao fro Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Monish Mullick from Uttaranchal and Dr. Kanailal Ghosh were the participants in the Training Programme.
During the Training Programme there will be technical sessions on Forest Certification: History, Need for India and Involved Issues by Mr. Sachin Raj, Director, Green India Certification and Inspection Agency, Noida; Forest Certification and Participatory Approaches by Mr. B.M.S. Rathore, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi; Forest Certification and Its Role in Sustainable Management of Forests by Dr. Prodyut Bhattacharya, Professor, Natural Resource Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi; Forest Certification – Background, Need and Importance by Mr. A.M. Singh, DIG, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi; Some Legal Issues in Trade of Forest Resources by Mr. Samir Sinha, Head, TRAFFIC India, WWF India, New Delhi; Forest Right Act – Sustainability Issues for Certification by Dr. A.K. Jha, IFS, Commissioner, Tribal Research Training Institute, Pune; Practice of Responsible Forestry through Certification and Carbon Trading by Mr. Sachin Raj, Director, Green India Certification and Inspection Agency, Noida; Forestry Stewardship Council: Principal, Criteria and Indicators by Mr. Manu Jose Mattam, Manager, Natural Resources Programmes, Green India Certification and Inspection Agency, Noida; Legal Harvest Verification by Mr. Sachin Raj, Director, Green India Certification and Inspection Agency, Noida; Forest Certification in India and Market Links by Dr. T.R. Manoharan, Head (Forest Programme), WWF-India, New Delhi; Role of Institutions and Governance by Prof. B.K.P. Sinha, Director, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Noida; Forest Certification with respect to Wild Medicinal Plant by Mr. N.D. Prajapati, Founder, Cultivator Natural Products, Jodhpur; Bhopal India Process by Dr. R.C. Sharma, IFS (Retd.), Ex-Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chhattisgarh and Role of Accreditation in Forest Certification by Mr. Anil Jauhri, Director, National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies, Quality Council of India, New Delhi.
The training programme will be concluded by a Panel Discussion on Improvement in the Working of Forest Departments – Need for Career Development through Training and Improvement of Skills. The panelists are Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar, IFS, Director General (Forests), Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi; Dr. P.L. Gautam, Chairperson, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farm Right Authority, New Delhi; Dr. A.K. Malhotra, Registrar General, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farm Right Authority, New Delhi; Dr. J.C. Kala, Ex-Director General (Forests) & Member, National Environment Appellate Authority, New Delhi; Mr. Suneel Pandey, Vice President (Raw Material), BILT, Gurgaon; Mr. A.M. Singh, IFS, DIG (F), Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi and Prof. B.K.P. Sinha, Director, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Noida.
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