Introduction and objectives
The Board has seven Regional Centres located in various universities/
national level institutions (Annexure-II). These Centres help
NAEB in promoting extension of replicable technologies and
for dissemination of research findings. They provide technical
and extension support to the State Forest Departments in effective
implementation of regeneration of degraded forests and adjoining
lands with people's participation and also act as a forum
for the exchange of ideas and experiences amongst the States
of the region as well as across the regions. In addition,
these Centres carry out problem-specific studies as well as
evaluation of NAEB's programmes in the field and organize
training programmes and workshops focusing on priorities set
out by the Board.
The work programmes of the Regional Centres are being formulated
to address the emerging needs of promoting sustainability
of Joint Forest Management beyond the NAP scheme funding.
The new areas include training for forest-based micro-enterprises,
development of Joint Forest Management Committees, Self Help
Groups, district-level inter departmental linkage workshops
for synergy of JFM with other schemes of Government and studies
on improved silvicultural practices for management of non-timber
forest products. Seven pilot projects on capacity building
for forest based micro-enterprise have been initiated by the
Regional Centres across the country. It is hoped that based
on the experience of these pilots, the forest-based microenterprise
could be scaled-up as a means of promoting sustainable livelihoods
of the forest-fringe communities
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Work Programmes of Regional Centres
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