a)      Major Wildlife

    • Wild animals: Sambhar, Nilgai, Black buck, Wild boar, Barking deer, Hog deer, Jungle cat, Jackal, Rhesus monkey, Hare, Fishing cat, Indian squirrel, Mongoose, Smooth Indian otter, Cobra, Indian pangolin, Python, Rat snake, Monitor lizard, Gardan lizard, Chital,Indian porcupine and few sighting of Leopard also reported recently in Shivalik hills areas adjoining to Himachal Prades.
    • Birds: Black partridge, Grey partridge, Brahminy myna, Common quail, Grey partridge, Peafowl, Rose ringed parakeet, Jungle babbler, Spotted owlet, Dove, Bar headed goose, Common pochard, White eyed pochard, Fishing eagle, Indian skimmer, Blue winged teal, Red munia, Syke’s nightjar, Whistling teal, White-eyed pochard, Red jungle fowl, Coot, Green parakeet, Indian cormorant, Indian robin, Red vented bulbul, White breasted kingfisher, White rumped vulture, Shikra, Brahminy duck, Gadwall, Pintail, Jack snipe, Fantail snipe, Mallard & Nothern shoveler.

b) Major Forest produce and Minor Forest Produce in Punjab

Table:  Major Forest produces (State Forests only)

Quantity in '000' cubic meter

Year

Timber

Firewood

Total

Total Value (Rs Lakh)

1980-81

99

40

139

377.78

1990-91

43

1

44

232.09

2000-01

106

7

173

1,238.85

2008-09

80

-

80

855.2

2009-10

130

-

130

1,412.3

2010-11

35

-

35

1,266

2017-18

33

-

33

652.11

2018-19

27

-

27

524.26

2019-20

57

-

57

1,668.73

 Source: Statistical Abstract of Punjab 2020

Table: Minor Forest Produce (State Forest only)               (Value in Lakh)

Year

Bamboos and Canes

Fodder and Grass

Gums and Rosins

Others

Total

1980-81

928

13,730

-

13,955

28,615

1990-91

-

28,14,946

-

14,140

42,290

2000-01

117,230

28,752

-

27,813

173,825

2008-09

120,000

13,750

0

30,405

164,155

2009-10

125,100

15,200

0

350,000

175,300

2010-11

69,035

9,027

0

40,909

118,971

2017-18

6,489

4,712

0

42,748

53,950

2018-19

720

525

0

50,750

63,250

2019-20

6,500

4,350

0

40,750

51,600

Source: Statistical Abstract of Punjab 2020


Institutional Mechanism in the State for Conservation and Management of Forests in Punjab State 

Name of Department

Mandate of the Department

Deptt. of Forest & Wildlife Preservation, Punjab

  • Implementation of Policies, Acts & Rules
  • Management of NTFPs
  • Scientific management of forest & wildlife & execution of management plans
  • Afforestation  measures & plantation drives through community involvement to increase green cover
  • Check poaching & encroachment
  • Promote agroforstery & silviculture in collaboration with agriculture deptt.
  • Punjab State Forest Development Corporation 
  • Management, utilization and marketing  of forest harvest

Punjab State Heritage and Tourism Development Board

Promote eco-tourism in forest areas

Implementation of Punjab Ecotourism Policy, 2009

Punjab Bamboo & Fiber Development Board

 

Implementation of National Bamboo Mission by increase in area, yield and marketing of bamboo, bamboo based handicrafts  and generate employment opportunities 

Deptt. of Soil & Water Conservation, Punjab

 

Implementation of erosion control measures especially in Shivaliks & wetlands

Punjab State Council for Science & Technology

Awareness and capacity building activities