About Campa

Transfer of forest land for non-forest purposes is being regulated under Forest (Conservation) Act (FCA) 1980 since 31 October 2019; prior to that it used to be regulated under J&K Forest (Conservation) Act 1997. User agencies are required to pay cost of Compensatory Afforestation in lieu of the forest land diverted for non- forest purposes. Besides, the value of ecosystem goods and services of forests lost due to diverted lands, termed ‘Net Present Value’ or NPV is charged from user agencies.

In accordance with the guidelines issued by ad-hoc CAMPA, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change on 2.7.2009, J&K CAMPA was set up vide SRO-354 dated 11.11.2009. The execution of CAMPA works in J&K started from the year financial 2010-11. The financial year 2022-23 is the 13 th year of its execution Read More →