Digital Goa, Aug 10 – Goa govt has notified 455.1081 Hectare (45.51 lakh sq mtr) area in 60 survey numbers, primarily in the hinterland Talukas of Goa as private forest. The Review Committee constituted to review the private forest areas has so far reviewed 1678 survey numbers out of 3349 survey numbers, which were identified by the District level Forest Division Committees. 16 site inspection teams were deployed in 156 villages to carry out site inspection of properties meeting private forest criteria of canopy density and area as per Forest Survey of India Map. After the survey the review committee has finalized an area of 455.1081 Hectare as private forest area in 60 qualifying survey numbers. “Any new survey number formed due to partition of any of the above survey numbers after 27-11-2012 shall be deemed to have been notified as Private Forest, if the identified area comes within said survey numbers,” the notification further adds.
Notification https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/2324/2324-19-SII-SUG-1.pdf
