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Adopt model rules for tree felling on agri land: States told
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|July 14, 2025
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has urged all states and union territories to adopt the model rules for "Felling of Trees on Agricultural Land."
On June 29, the MoEFCC released the model rules related to agroforestry to encourage tree plantation on agricultural land and to reduce bureaucratic hurdles in trading trees planted on such land. The ministry aims to set up an enabling framework where growers can do seamless agroforestry business across the country.
Currently, farmers can grow trees on their land but face challenges in conducting business smoothly. They must obtain a proper licence from forest officials to relocate their agroforestry woods to other locations, it read.
This story is from the July 14, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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