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FORESTS provide timber for the manufacturing of domestic and industrial products. The National Forest Policy (NFP), 1952, envisaged that the forests would meet the raw material demand of wood-based industries, while the National Forest Policy of 1988 shifted the focus to the conservation of forests. During the late 1970s and the 1980s, as per the recommendations of the National Commission on Agriculture, the states implemented externally aided social forestry projects which not only met the demand of raw material, but also led to the popularisation of agroforestry.
As per the India State of Forest Report (2019), the recorded forest areas (RFA) and the area under Trees Outside Forests (TOF) of India is 76.74 million hectares and 29.38 million hectares, respectively, which is 23.3% and 8.9% respectively, of the geographical area. The important species in rural areas are mango, kikar, eucalyptus, rubber, shisham and poplar. As per the report The Puzzle of Forest Produc
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