As per the Revised Operational Guidelines issued during 2009 by National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), the State Forest Development Agency, Odisha constituted on 17.06.2010 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 with PCCF, Odisha as Chairperson and CCF (PP&A) as the Member Secretary and Chief Executive. The aim of constitution of this state level agency is to implement the centrally sponsored schemes in participatory mode by a three-tier set-up, namely State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) at the Forest Division Level, and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) or Eco-Development Committees (EDCs) at the village level. The SFDA is the federation of 46 FDA divisions of the state. The Chairpersons and Member Secretaries of all FDAs of the State are members of SFDA, Odisha. No FDA has been formed in Chilika (WL), Sunabeda (WL), Mahanadi (WL), and STR (Baripada) divisions.