Panaji: After the Bombay High Court in Goa expressed a surprise that the tree authorities for North and South Goa had not yet met since their constitution in 2012, the authorities held a joint meeting based on court directives.
A compliance report, as directed by the court, was submitted, where it was stated that the Forestry Department was in the process of developing an online portal specifically for applications looking for permission for logging trees.
However, the state has told the court that it is not feasible to carry out a tree census in Goa as directed by the court, because it is the task of ‘Herculean’ and the cave climate leads to heavy vegetation growth in a short time.
“After an operational online portal, the entire tree logging process (permission) will be online,” he said.
At present, the Ministry of Forestry regularly uploaded permissions provided for tree logging on the Ministry of Forestry website, “Reading the Compliance Report submitted by the Secretary of the Tree Authority, Santosh Fadte and Prem Kumar R.
In July, the High Court has directed the country to comply with All provisions related to the task of the tree authority under the preservation of Goa Trees, Daman and Diu.
The court hears the public interest litigation submitted by the Living Heritage Foundation, which has been seeking the revival of tree authorities and the implementation of the tree census.
About the census, the tree authority said in the Compliance Report That forest surveys in India, a workers’ ministry of the Ministry of Environment, has surveyed forest cover and trees in Goa.
According to the 2019 report, Goa forest cover increased from 60.2% during the previous survey year to 60.4%.
“To plan and implement and implement and implement it the tree census above the area around 2.487sq km is a her exercise Culean and Voluminous, which requires a large number of technical / skilled personnel, logistics, IT equipment, funds etc., “read the Compliance Report.
If the census is taken, it will be difficult to arrive at the tree figure permanent because tree growth is a sustainable process, the report states.
“It will continue to change after every year, and therefore the tree census must be done regularly, which is a big task in terms of time and resources.
Furthermore, the climate conditions of the cave facilitate rapid growth in vegetation such as forests because they are high rainfall zones, “Read the report.
Indian forest surveys already have trees outside of forest areas, the report states.