The Full Form of CAMPA is Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority.
Supreme Court of India ordered for establishment of Compensatory Afforestation Fund and Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) in 2001.In 2006, ad-hoc CAMPA was established for the management of Compensatory afforestation fund.
- Establishing the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund and a State Compensatory Afforestation Fund for each of the states.
- receiving funds (from user agency) in national level and state level Funds for compensatory afforestation, the net present value of the forest and other project-specific payments.
- Spending the monies thus collected primarily for afforestation to compensate for the loss of forest cover, regeneration of forest ecosystem, wildlife protection and infrastructure development.
- Establishing the national and state-level fund management authorities to manage respective Funds.
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