The forest department in the state was re-organised on 1st October 2003 with a view to bring the administration closer to the people. The entire area of the state is divided into 281 ranges in 50 divisions (comprising of 37 forest divisions and 12 wildlife divisions and Nandan Kanan Zoological Park), in 8 circles. Consequent to this reorganization, there are 3 wings in the Forest Department, namely; the Forest Wing; the Wildlife Wing and Kendu leaf Wing.

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the United Kingdom's government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. The central focus of the policy set out in the White Paper published in November 1997, is a commitment to the internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, together with associated targets including basic health-care provision and universal access to primary education by the same date.

FRR is a UK based consulting company which provides consulting services that help to develop and implement policies which tackle poverty, governance and growth agendas. Our areas of competence include natural resources management and conservation, forest sector reform, institutional development and empowerment of civil society. Our clients are governments, the private sector, international development partners and NGOs.

Our head office is in Bristol. We also have two well established overseas offices in Vietnam and Ghana. Our FRR East Asia office in Hanoi focuses primarily on biodiversity conservation, protected area and buffer zone management, including forestry and tourism development. In our West Africa office in Accra the team is building upon FRR’s successful track record in the Ghanaian forest sector and is currently working on reform of land administration, on wildlife and mining issues, and with parliamentarians and civil society.

FRR works with our clients to conceive and execute policy changes that work for them. This means not just short term fixes; but sustainable changes that bring fundamental, positive shifts in people’s living standards and quality of life. Our global reputation in sector reform programmes demonstrates our proven ability to analyse, design and support the political, economic and social reform processes that lead to genuinely pro-poor change.

Adam Smith International (ASI) is a leading independent international development consultancy, based in London with a registered office in Delhi and major project offices located in developing and transitional countries worldwide.

Its aim is to apply its professional and consulting skills towards improving the quality of life for the citizens of countries facing economic, political and social change or uncertainty.

ASI’s core expertise lies in the fields of government and enterprise/utility reform and in a range of closely related critical support areas, notably policy communications and labour reform. ASI is also developing its expertise in the education and social development fields to build upon our existing track record in these sectors.

ASI has had a long history of working with Governments and donors in India since the 1990's. It has a permanent office in New Delhi since March 2004 and also has an office in Bhubaneswar. ASI’s key objective is to assist our clients in India in achieving the Millennium 2000 development targets. Our operations in India will continue to be in areas directly related to poverty alleviation with particular focus on urban development, private sector participation in infrastructure, public administration reforms and public sector reforms.

Sutra Consulting is a multidisciplinary research and consulting organization with a focus on the development sector. Its consists of a trans-disciplinary team of consultants from engineering, management and social development sector to provide consulting services to Government, Donor Agencies and Private Organisations. The organisation provides consulting and advisory services in Public Sectors and Government Services; Livelihood and Natural Resource Management; Social and Rural Development. The organizational efforts are focused on work related to consulting and implementation programmes for government, organizations, people and communities.

The Indian Institute of Forest Management is a sectoral management institute, which constantly endeavors to evolve knowledge useful for the managers in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors. It disseminates such knowledge in ways that promote its application by individuals and organizations. IIFM has been established with the following objectives:

• Provide training in management and related subjects for persons from the Indian Forest Service, Forest Departments, Forest Development Corporation and Forest related industries with a view to equip them to practice the art and profession of management of forestry development.
• Inculcate an appreciation in those selected for training, that conservation is of overriding importance in the management of living natural resources and that the primary role of forests is the vital ecological and environmental purpose they serve.
• Select and prepare outstanding and talented young persons for careers leading to management responsibility in forestry and the forest-related system.
• Meet the need of Indian forestry and forest-related industry and commerce in respect of upto-date information on forestry management through research, consulting and publication.
• Assist, institute and carry out research in matters concerning the use of management and allied techniques and methods conducive to the development of forestry in the country.
• Institute awards, scholarships, fellowships, prizes and medals in accordance with the rules and bye-laws.
• Institute awards, scholarships, fellowships, prizes and medals in accordance with the rules and bye-laws.
• Create patronships, affiliations & other classes of professional or honorary membership or office, as the society may consider necessary.

The mandate of IIFM is appropriately reflected in its mission statement: "To Provide Leadership in Professional Forestry Management Aimed at Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development of Ecosystems"