The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national platform of tribal and forest dwellers’ organisations, is deeply concerned at the Environment Ministry’s recent decision, approved by the Supreme Court, on spending the huge sums of money (Rs. 11,400 crores) collected by it in the name of “compensatory afforestation†and “net present value.†The Ministry now will allocate Rs. 1000 crores of this money (roughly the annual interest) for tree plantation programs in the States, while keeping the principal locked at the Centre