Digital database to keep an eye on Odisha’s forest cover Post News Network
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra Sunday chaired a review meeting of state-level Compensatory Afforestation fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and directed the officials concerned to make a digital database of forest assets.
Mohapatra told the Forest department officials to ensure that the digital database is in public domain and updated regularly. The top bureaucrat of the state also asked the officials to increase the green areas on bald hills through plantation and regeneration activities. The department was asked to put in place a robust system for ground-level monitoring and public disclosure.