The first stakeholders consultation workshop for the Green Forestry Sector in collaboration with Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) of Technology, Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC) an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, will be held at the Forest Research Institute here on Monday.
According to the officials, the workshop will focus on identification of technologies that meet the challenges of climate change in green forestry sector, outcome of the stakeholders consultation workshop and its gainful utilisation in technology scouting, finalisation of themes and sub-themes for technology scouting, technology prioritisation criteria matrix and finalisation of report structure.
The workshop will be chaired by GTWG chairman Jagdish Kishwan. The director general of the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education (ICFRE) Suresh Gairola will be the chief guest at the workshop which will also be attended by other senior officers concerned. The workshop will also attended by the representatives of the neighboring State forest departments, scientists of the various research organisations, social workers, NGOs, farmers and industrial sector.
Senior officers of the forest departments of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are also slated to attend the workshop. They will be discussing the issues and problems in achieving forestry targets in State Action Plan on Climate Change.