- Royalty Rates and Fees on various Forest Produce and Services
 : Revised Rates (with effect from 13/09/2024) of Royalty on different categories of timbers/trees and other forest produce like sand, stone, etc. Revised Import fees, Entry fees to PAs and W/L sanctuaries, etc. (Notification dated 12/09/2024)
- Private Quarry License Processing Time Lines : Office Order dated 14.08.2024 of Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim in regard to time lines for renewal and processing of private quarry licenses at various levels.
- Sikkim Gazette No 445 dated 22/11/2023: Notification in regard to Reorganization of Forest Divisions/ Sub-Divisions/ Ranges/ Blocks and RF demarcation
- Sikkim Payment for Ecosystem Services Rules, 2022 (Sikkim Government Gazette Notification dated 18/07/2022)
- Sikkim Forest Tree (Amity and Reverence) Rules, 2017: In order to promote and revive the age-old tradition of forging brotherhood relationship with trees, the State Government has notified Sikkim Forest Trees (Amity and Reverence) Rules, 2017 that allows any person to associate with trees standing on his or her private land or on any public land by entering into a Mith/Mit or Mitini relationship with a tree or trees, in which case, the tree shall be called a ‘Mith/ Mit tree’; or by adopting a tree as if it was his or her own child in which case the tree shall be called an ‘Adopted tree’; or by preserving a tree in remembrance of a departed relative in which case the tree shall be called a ‘Smriti tree’. See the notification
- The Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017: Bamboo not a 'tree' any more
- Heritage Trees of Sikkim
- Sikkim Government Gazette Notification No. 431 dated 15/11/2016: Schedule of Rates for Logging and Conversion Works w.e.f 1st October 2016
- Sikkim Government Gazette Notification No. 90 dated 31/03/2016 : Revised Rates (with effect from 01/04/2016) of Royalty on different categories of timbers/trees and other forest produce like sand, stone, etc. Revised Import fees, Entry fees to PAs and W/L sanctuaries, etc.
- Schedule of Rates to recover the payment towards cutting, feeling, logging and transportation of the project affected trees and forest produce from the User Agency [Notification dated 23/2/2009]...... Click Here
- Sikkim Private and Other Non-Forest Lands Tree Felling Rules 2006 (Procedure for applying for Tree Felling on Private and Non-Forest land)
- The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (RECOGNITION OF FOREST RIGHTS) ACT, 2006
- Sikkim Forest (Transit of Timber and Other Forest Produce) Rules, 1999 (Procedure for applying for Transit Permit for Forest Produce)
- Status of Forest Nurseries and Future Action Plan 2009-10
- Environment Clearance of Development Projects in Sikkim
JFMCs/ EDCs
Forest Statistics (Source: Forest Survey of India, Dehradun)
Forest Types of Sikkim
[Source: Joint Collaboration Project of Forest Deptt., Govt. of Sikkim and Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre, Kharagpur, Indian Space Research Organization, Department of Space, Government of India]
| Sl no |
Groups |
Characteristic Species |
Altitude (mts) |
Places |
| 1. |
Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest |
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Dillenia pentagyna
Dysoxylum floribundum
Gymnema arborea
Lagerostroemia patviflora
Shorea robusta
Toona ciliata |
250-900 |
Rangpo Chhu, Sherwani, Jorethang, Rangit |
| 2. |
Sub-Tropical Forest |
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i)Sub-Tropical
Broad Leaved
Forest |
Albizia procera, Alnus
Nepalensis,
Bauhinia purpurea
Castanopsis indica,
Macaranga denticulata,
Michelia champaca,
Schima wallichii |
1000-2000 |
Tong,Gyalzing, Sangklang Selem Chakung Chhu. |
ii)Sub-Tropical
Pine forests |
Pinus roxburghii, Engelhardtia colebrookiana Quercus leucotrichophora |
1000-1800 |
Gangtok, Gyalzing, Rongli |
| 3. |
Montantane Wet Temperate Forest |
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i)Temperate
Broad Leaved
Forests |
Acer campbellii, Engelhardtia spicata, Machilus edulis, Michelia cathcartii, Quercus lamellose, Taxus baccata |
1700-2700 |
Chunthang- Lachung, Yumthang |
ii)Mixed Coniferous
temperate forest
Forest |
Abies densa, Acer campbellii, Betula utiis, Rhododendron, arboreum,Abies densa, Taxus baccata, Tsuga dumosa, Larix griffithianum |
2700-3000 |
Lachen, Zemu, Yathang, Lachung |
| 4. |
Sub-Alpine Forest |
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Abies densa, Betula utiis, Casiope fastigata, Rhododendron sp. |
Above 3000 |
Above Yathang |
| 5. |
a)Moist Alpine |
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i) Birch-
Rhododendron
Scrub Forest |
Betula utilis, Sorbus foliolosa, Rhododendron campanulatum, |
Above 3600 |
Thangu, Maiminchu |
ii) Deciduous
Alpine Scrub
|
Betula utilis, Berberis sp., Lonicera sp., Rosa sp |
3600-3900 |
Changu Thangu |
iii) Dwarf
Rhododendron
Scrub |
Rhododendron lepidotum |
Above 3600 |
Thangu |
| iv) Alpine pastures |
Allium, Anemone, Delphinium |
Above 4000 |
Chopta Yumasong |
| b) Dry Alpine Scrub |
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| i) Dwarf Juniperous scrub |
Juniperusrecurva J. wallichiana |
Above 3600 |
Chopta Chhangu |
| ii) Dry alpine scrub |
Ephedra gerardiana, Meconopsis sp., Ribes sp. |
Above 4000 |
Chopta |
Also See
Grazing control: The Government has imposed a ban on grazing within the Reserve Forest, Plantation areas and Water sources areas with a view to encourage regeneration of forest resources, augment rural water supplies and develop degraded lands. The beneficial effects of this policy are already manifested in the form of improved supplies of water in the villages bordering the Forest areas, regeneration of degraded forest land and enhancement if overall natural resources status. A number of Gots have been removed and the cattle have been impounded & fined along with the wide publicity & awareness.
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