4) Measures against encroachment
Villagers who have encroached conservation forests will be
dealt with in two ways by the FD. Villagers who have
encroached less than 0.5 acre will be given a land lease with
annual permit. Villagers who have encroached without constructing
their own houses to live in the encroached land will
have to leave the land eventually with a grace period of five
years. The FD will provide seedlings of multiple-use indigenous
trees such as dipterocarps (Shorea spp.), jak (Artocarpus
integrifolia) to the encroachers to establish permanent tree
cover. After the 5 year lease expires such encroached land
reverts to the FD and the encroached villagers will be forced
to leave. The land will be expected to be regenerated and
become a part of conservation Forests.