ADMINISTRATION

The Department is headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force and is an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service (IFS) notified vide Government Notification No. FOR/COURT-7/2011, Dated 07/02/2013. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & HOFF is assisted by two (2) other Principal Chief Conservators of Forests (PCCFs), and are designated as PCCF & Chief Wildlife Warden and PCCF(Wildlife, Biodiversity & Administration), and three (3) Additional Principal Chief Conservators of Forests (APCCFs), namely Addl. PCCF(Territorial), Addl. PCCF(Development & Planning) and Addl. PCCF (Environment and Climate Change). They are in turn assisted by two (2) Chief Conservators of Forests (CCFs), namely CCF (Environment, Biodiversity and Research) and CCF (Monitoring & Evaluation). There are two (2) Conservators of Forests, namely Conservator of Forests (Publicity &Training) & Conservator of Forests (Headquarters), two (2) Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCFs) and two(2) Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACFs) attached to the PCCF’s office.

THE CIRCLES

There are Two Territorial circles headed by Conservators of Forests (CFs), namely Conservator of Forests, Northern Territorial Circle (CF, NTC) and Conservator of Forests, Southern Territorial Circle (CF, STC) with their headquarters at Mokokchung and Kohima respectively. The CF (NTC) has jurisdiction over the divisions of Mon, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, Mokokchung and Zunheboto Divisions while CF (STC) has jurisdiction over Kohima, Dimapur, Phek, Wokha, Peren, Social Forestry and Doyang Plantation Divisions.

In addition to these two Conservator of Forests posted in Territorial Circles, there two more Conservators of Forests, namely Conservator of Forests (Research, Planning and Utilization) headquartered at Dimapur, and Field Director (Intangki National Park) attached to the Chief Wildlife Warden’s Office at Dimapur.

DIVISIONS

There are nineteen Forest Divisions in the Department, of which eleven are Territorial Divisions namely Mon, Tuensang, Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Kohima, Dimapur, Phek, Wokha Longleng Kiphire and Peren Divisions and six are Functional Divisions which include Social Forestry Division, Working Plan Division and Silviculture Division in Kohima, and the Forest Utilization Division and the State Environment and Forestry Training School (SEFTI), at Dimapur and the Doyang Plantation Division at Wokha. In addition to these, there are two wildlife Divisions, namely Dimapur Wildlife Division and Kiphire Wildlife Division functioning under the jurisdiction of Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland, Dimapur

Territorial Divisions are headed by Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) and Functional Divisions are headed by Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCFs), whilst the Wildlife Divisions are headed by Wildlife Wardens. The State Environment & Forestry Training Institute (SEFTI) is headed by a Director in the rank of DCF.

DIVISIONS, RANGES AND BEATS UNDER NORTHERN TERRITORIAL CIRCLE

DIVISIONS, RANGES AND BEATS UNDER SOUTHERN TERRITORIAL CIRCLE