The officers of the Forest Department face various challenges pertaining to the law while undertaking their responsibilities.
IFS officer and course director Dr KS Jayachandran said this at the start of a one-week long training for in-service State Forest Service officers from across the nation at the Central Academy for State Forest Service here on Monday.
The training course is aimed at increasing awareness in
participants about various Acts, Rules, notifications and court orders governing forests and wildlife to update their legal knowledge and acumen.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the principal of the Central Academy for State Forest Service, N Sonzalian talked on the importance of knowing various vital aspects of the law for an officer serving with the Forest Department. A total of 14 participants from States including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra,Rajasthan and Uttarakhand are participating in this training course.
This one week programme will highlight on various legal issues like latest case studies of the Forest Conservation Act, Forest Rights Act, wildlife forensics, Environment Protection Act, Environmental Impact Assessment and other relevant issues. Other faculty members of the academy including Meera Iyer, Guru Prasad Joshi, Hemant Kapil and Anupam Verma were also among those present on the occasion.