Forestry operations provide
300 lakh mandays of employement every year.
Forests protect catchment
area of important rivers like , the Narmada,
the Chambal, the
Betwa, the Sone
etc.
The State is pioneering the
JFM movement.
Forestry
is being taken to
areas outside forests.
Earned Rs.491.97 crores for the
State exchequre during 2005-2006
Forests provide countless
visibly invisible services.