Under the Tamil Nadu Bio-Diversity Conservation and Greening Project, 10 crore saplings woill be planted across the State, said forest officials at the bi-annual consultative meeting of Forest Genetics, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, held at the office of Forest Genetics here recently.

This scheme of tree cultivation in private lands would be implemented in fallow lands of around 4,000-5,000 villages in 32 districts, they said. H. Basavaraju, chief conservator of forests (research),