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.