{"id":58296,"date":"2019-12-04T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T08:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58296"},"modified":"2019-12-04T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T08:07:54","slug":"nmtds-forests-owned-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nmtds-forests-owned-local-communities.html","title":{"rendered":"NMTDs\u2019 forests to be owned by local communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department has announced its decision to transfer the ownership of the forest lands located in the Newly-Merged Tribal Districts (NMTDs) to the area\u2019s local communities, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-approves-amendments-to-make-mining-investment-friendly-in-nmtds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KP govt approves amendments to make mining investment-friendly in NMTDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The department plans to assign these forests the status of <em>Guzara<\/em> Forests (forests having 100% ownership with communities). While the communities will have the ownership, the department will still perform its management role.<\/p>\n<p>A department official revealed that they had dispatched the project\u2019s PC-1 for approval to the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP). As per the devised plan, the forest department would perform the ecological classification and official designation of the forests located in the NMTDs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-assembly-bill-lists-ex-fata-mines-minerals-as-govt-properties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KP Assembly bill lists ex-FATA mines, minerals as govt properties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official stated that the department was aiming for joint forest management in order to protect the forests with the direct involvement of the local communities and rights of the local tribes. He added that the department would take on board local parliamentarians, owners, and community leaders before placing these forests in the <em>Guzara<\/em> category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tribal-districts-get-citizen-facilitation-centres.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tribal districts to get citizen facilitation centres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the natural forests located in the NMTDs belong to the local tribes. The government, as of yet, has no role in the conservation, harvesting, and protection efforts of these forests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department has announced its decision to transfer the ownership of the forest lands located in the Newly-Merged Tribal Districts (NMTDs) to the area\u2019s local communities, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0KP govt approves amendments to make mining investment-friendly in NMTDs The department plans to assign these forests the status of Guzara Forests (forests having 100% ownership with communities). While the communities will have the ownership, the department will still perform its management role. A department official revealed that they had dispatched the project\u2019s PC-1 for approval to the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP). As per the devised plan, the forest department would perform the ecological classification and official designation of the forests located in the NMTDs. Read:\u00a0KP Assembly bill lists ex-FATA mines, minerals as govt properties The official stated that the department was aiming for joint forest management in order to protect the forests with the direct involvement of the local communities and rights of the local tribes. He added that the department would take on board local parliamentarians, owners, and community leaders before placing these forests in the Guzara category. Read:\u00a0Tribal districts to get citizen facilitation centres Currently, the natural forests located in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":39734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14266],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-nmtds-forests-to-be-owned-by-local-communities"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NMTDs\u2019 forests to be owned by local communities - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department has announced its decision to transfer the ownership of the forest lands located in the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nmtds-forests-owned-local-communities.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NMTDs\u2019 forests to be owned by local communities - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Forest Department has announced its decision to transfer the ownership of the forest lands located in the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nmtds-forests-owned-local-communities.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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