Orissa is endowed with vast forests extending over 37.34% of its geographical area that are rich in floral and faunal diversity. Diversity of forest ecosystems comprises natural teak, Sal and bamboo forests in the hinterland and lush green mangroves on coast. Thus, the State occupies a prominent place in the national biodiversity map.

Bamboo is an important natural, renewable livelihood resource of the State of Orissa, which grows in about one third of natural forests as pure and mixed strata and is cultivated on homestead and private lands.

Comments are invited on the above drafts, by or before 10th May 2008.Your comments may kindly be mailed to :

Name : MR. Premanand Patnaik, Technical Co-ordinator
Email : ppatnaik@ofssp.org