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Telangana Forest Department
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<div>{{Short description|Government ministry}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox government agency<br />
|agency_name = Telangana Forest Department<br />
|nativename =Telangana Atavi Sakha <br />
|nativename_a =<br />
|nativename_r =<br />
|logo = Logo_of_Telangana_Forest_Department.png<br />
|logo_width =<br />
|logo_caption = Save Forests Save Nation<br />
|seal =<br />
|seal_width =<br />
|seal_caption =<br />
|formed = {{start date and years ago|2014|06|02|df=y|p=y|br=y}}<br />
|preceding1 =<br />
|preceding2 =<br />
|dissolved =<br />
|superseding =<br />
|jurisdiction = [[Telangana]]<br />
|headquarters = [[Hyderabad, Telangana]]<br />
|employees =<br />
|budget =<br />
|minister1_name = [[Allola Indrakaran Reddy]]<br />
|minister1_pfo = Ministry of Forest and Environment<br />
|chief1_name = Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal<br />
|chief1_position = Principal Chief Conservator of Forests<br />
|chief2_name =<br />
|chief2_position =<br />
|parent_agency =[[Government of Telangana]]<br />
|child1_agency =<br />
|child2_agency =<br />
|website = http://www.forests.telangana.gov.in<br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
[[File:TSforestcover.png|right|thumb|400px|Vegetation cover of Telangana as of 2012]]<br />
The '''Ministry of State for Forest and Environment''', is a government ministry of [[Government of Telangana|Telangana]]. It is headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. The primary function of this department is protection, conservation and management of forests in Telangana State.<br />
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==Management==<br />
The Forest Department is organised in an administrative hierarchy ranging from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to Forest Watchers, Mahouts and others.<br />
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===Principal Chief Conservator of Forests===<br />
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests is in charge of Forest Department, who must personally review, approve, and sign all significant orders, permissions, declarations and authorisations.<br />
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==Protected areas==<br />
Telangana has a network of eleven sanctuaries and three national parks in the state.<br />
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===Wildlife sanctuaries===<br />
[[File:Forest at Chintoor in Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|300px|Forest at Eturnagaram,Telangana]]<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Name<br />
|-<br />
|[[Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|-<br />
|Paakhal Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
|-<br />
|[[Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
|}<br />
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===National parks===<br />
[[File:KBR Park Peacocks.JPG|thumb|Peacocks at KBR Park]]<br />
The state has three national parks.<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Name<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mrugavani National Park]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kartikey]]<br />
|}<br />
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===Zoological park===<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Name<br />
|-<br />
|[[Nehru Zoological Park]]<br />
|}<br />
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Kakatiya Zoological Park, Hunter Road, Warangal<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{State Agencies of Telangana}}<br />
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[[Category:State agencies of Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife conservation in India]]<br />
[[Category:State forest departments of India|Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:2014 establishments in Telangana]]</div>
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