The final outcome
• Ban on felling in Andaman Islands
• Compensatory afforestation required for any new felling
• Trees to be cut only for locals
• Expiry of sawmill licences by March 31, 2003
• Existing timber to be used in the mills
• Ban on export of wood-based products
• Andaman authorities to revise the present working plan
• Ecologists who are familiar with the islands will assist the authorities in drafting the plan
• Month's notice to all pre-1978 encroachers to vacate forestland
• Sand mining activities to be brought down to one-third of the present level in the next five years
• Implementation of the recommendations of Shekhar Singh commission.
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