ISB, Jharkhand to join handsfor developing forest economy
The Hindu
Aim to pilot the approach in Gumla district
The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Wednesday said it will be collaborating with the Jharkhand government to develop forest economy.
Towards this, the Department of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare along the Department of Forests of Jharkhand signed an MoU with ISB’s Bharti Institute of Public Policy to develop scalable and sustainable solutions focusing on forest-based industrial value chains. The MoU was signed by Welfare Commissioner of Jharkhand Naman Priyesh Lakra and the institute’s executive director Ashwini Chhatre in the presence of Governor Ramesh Bais and Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
“Our approach is to build and formalise linkages between major stakeholders in existing value chains for forest-based industrial raw material while creating incentives for sustainable forest management. We will facilitate institutional and technological capacity building of communities,” said Mr.Chhatre.
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