An Incentive Model for the Rejuvenation of the Low Productivity of Forests

Our forests have been significantly and radically damaged, and discovering undistributed forests as produced by Mother Nature is challenging. Forests are unable to provide intrinsic protection, multiple product production, or environmental and human roles in the current system. To avoid an ecological disaster and the inevitable national tragedy that would follow, drastic changes are required. Clear cutting has proven to be a harmful and unsuitable method for tropical forests. The The Forest Survey of India estimates that 33.61 million cum of wood is consumed annually in three sectors: house construction, furniture, and agricultural tools, with a Round Wood Equivalent (RWE) of 48 million cum, in its State of Forest Report 2011. Following that, two biennial reports were published, but neither of them mentioned wood consumption. According to a study conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission, India consumed 50.1 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood, 23.2 million tonnes of paper, paperboard, and other fibre, and 11.16 million cubic metres of sawn wood and panel wood in 2014.