The Maharashtra Forest Department is a department of the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

responsible for forestry and wildlife management. Tree Plantation Drive by Maharashtra Forest Department

The headquarters of Maharashtra Forest Department is in

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

. There are 11 territorial forest circles in Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Thane and Yavatmal. The three wildlife circles are Wildlife Borivali, Wildlife Nagpur and Wildlife Nashik. The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the chief of the forest division in Maharashtra. Rights of tribal people in the forest areas under Forest Rights Act are also governed by the Forest Department.

33 Crore Tree Plantation Drive

To fight climate change and droughts in

, the forest department planned 33 crore tree plantation drive. It was three-month long tree plantation drive across 36 districts from 1 July to 30 September in the State of Maharastra. The State over achieved the target by planting more than 33 Crore saplings. In total, Maharashtra Forest Department planted, 52 crore trees between 2017 and 2019 and the survival rate remains to be 81%.

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External links

Official Website
of the Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra Government of Maharashtra State forest departments of India Wildlife conservation in India Year of establishment missing {{Forestry-stub