Efforts will be made to increase forest contribution to the economy and ecology, through sustainable development and conservation activities. Accordingly, through initiating identification, demarcation, registration and protection of forest resources and also undertaking research-based forestry development; the national forest coverage will increase from 15.5% in 2015/14 to 20% by the end the GTP II period. Systems and measures will be developed on environmental rights, forestry devolvement and conservation. To enhance the socioeconomic contribution of the sector and environmental development, licenses and certificates will be issued to 16,950 development actors. Monitoring and follow up activities will be undertaken for proper implementation of environmental laws and 20 reports will also be prepared on the same. To ensure public benefits in the areas of environment, forestry development, conservation and utilization; decentralized, participatory and local based environmental conservation systems will be developed.