Field Attachment

SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT

For The Partial Fulfillment of Post Graduate Diploma in Forest Management (PGDFM)

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Monitoring & Evaluation of Forest Area Diversions including the Status of Compliance Of Approval Conditionalities of Forest Diversion Cases & their Impact on the Forest & Wildlife - Thermal Power Plants

Submitted to Regional MoEF Office, Western Region, Bhopal

Submitted by Akanksha Tiwari Anubhav Sogani (PFDFM 2009-2011)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED........................................................................................... 6 LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ 8 LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................ 11 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 11

1.1 An Introduction to the MoEF ............................................................................................................ 11 1.2 About the SI Project .......................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Objectives ......................................................................................................................................... 12 1.4 Steps involved in obtaining clearance...