The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) and Coal India limited (CIl) signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific and academic research, education and extension in the field of forestry and environment and providing support for assessing and monitoring the environmental compliance of individual mine.
The MoU was signed here on Thursday with the main areas of future collaboration between ICFRE and CIl stated to be third party environmental audit of coal mines as per conditions imposed while granting environmental clearance and forest clearance; assessment and monitoring of plantation and eco-restoration activities carried out by coal companies; preparation of wildlife management plans for coal mines/coal fields; preparation of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental management plan (EMP); training programmes for executives of CIl on environment and forestry issues along with any other activity related to environmental and forestry issues.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Ministry of Coal secretary Anil Swarup and ICFRE director general Shashi Kumar and other officials concerned.