The State government has formulated programmes to conserve teak and sandalwood plantations, Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran has said.
Pilot projects would be implemented in each forest circle to establish fully mechanised teak plantations. Activities aimed at the maintenance of existing plantations would also be strengthened as part of forest development projects worth ₹209 crore that had been finalised for the current fiscal, he added.
He was speaking while inaugurating the passing-out parade and convocation of the ninth batch of range forest officers and the 78 th batch of beat forest officers at the Kerala Forest Training Institute in Arippa on Tuesday.