Terms of Reference of the Commission

1. Review and access the existing policy and legal framework and their impact in a holistic manner from the ecological, economic, social and cultural viewpoint.
2. Examine the current status of forest administration and the forestry institutions both at all India and state level to meet the emerging needs of the civil society.
3. Make recommendations indicating specific policy options for achieving sustainable forest and wildlife management and ecological security.
4. Suggest ways and means to make forest administration more effective with a view to help to achieve the above policy options.
5. Establish meaningful partnership and interface between forestry management and local communities including tribal.