India made its contribution to afforestation by the National Afforestation Programme (NAP).

The overall objective of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme is the ecological restoration of degraded forests and to development of forest resources with people’s participation, focusing on improving the livelihoods of the forest-fringe communities, especially the poor.

NAP aims to support and accelerate the ongoing process of devolving forest conservation, protection, management, and development functions to the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at the village level, which are registered societies.