Organization Structure

Organizational Structure: 

The overall goal of the project is to conserve ecosystems in the state by sustainably managing the coastal systems, critical inland ecosystems that includes wetlands, grasslands and degraded forests, and strengthen measures for human-wildlife conflicts mitigation. Project area considers contiguous landscapes where ecosystem properties and the underlying ecological and socio-economic share common characteristics. Thus, the logical approach for evolving the institutional arrangements for the proposed project flows from the project goals, purpose/ objectives and planned activities to be implemented. 

Gujarat Forest Department (GFD) is the Executing Agency of the Project. GFD has mandate to conserve and manage forests and wildlife, practice extension forestry, conserve wild bio-diversity and ecology of the various ecosystems of Gujarat. Under the mandate, GFD undertakes various activities including restoration and conservation of forest, grassland, wetland and coastal forest, management of 28 Protected Areas, promotion of eco-tourism, collection and sales of Non-Timber Forest Product and medicinal plants.

GFD shall establish a society under Societies Registration (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1965 for efficient implementation of the Project.

The proposed arrangements consider the institutional frameworks adopted in the on-going JICA projects as well as the JICA project that has been implemented by the forest department in the past. In addition, for having synergy with the Gujarat Forest Department (GFD), the arrangements have been further adjusted and harmonized with the regular departmental functioning and systems.