Other important aspects of NFP 1988 include the following: -
1. Due care and emphasis on the needs of wildlife conservation.
2. Tribal people are to be closely associated in the protection, regeneration and development of forests. Stress to be put on providing gainful employment to people living in and around the forest.
3. Alternative avenues of income, suitably harmonised with the right land-use practices would be devised to discourage shifting cultivation
4. No regularisation of existing encroachments on forestlands.
5. Improved and modern management practices to be adopted to deal with forest fires.
6. Special conservation areas, young plantations and regeneration areas are to be fully protected against grazing and browsing.
7. Forest-based industries are to raise the raw materials needed for meeting their own requirements. Farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers would be encouraged to grow on marginal/ degraded lands available with them, wood species required for industries.
8. No forest based enterprise, except that at the village or cottage level, are to be permitted in the future unless it has been first cleared after a careful scrutiny with regard to assured availability of raw material.
9. Natural forests will not be made available to industries for undertaking plantation and for any other activities
10. Import of wood and wood products is to be liberalised.
11. Effort to be made to inculcate in the people, a direct interest in forests, their development and conservation, and to make them conscious of the value of trees, wildlife and natural in general.
12. Forestry is to be recognised both as a scientific discipline as well as a profession.
13. Emphasis is to be laid on scientific education and research on forestry. This will necessitate adequate strengthening of the research base as well as new proprieties for action. Thrust on research related to wildlife and management of national parks and sanctuaries.
14. Periodical collection, collation and publication of reliable data on relevant aspects of forest management to be improved with recourse to modern technology and equipment.
15. Appropriate legislation to be undertaken; this would be supported by adequate infrastructure and enforcement mechanism at the Centre and State level.
16. Considering the contribution of forests in maintaining essential ecological processes and life-support systems and in preserving genetic diversity, substantial investment of financial and other resources is to be made in the forestry sector.

A synthesis of the focal points of the National Forest Policy 1988 reveals that it is principally eco-centric. While earlier forest policies of India were tempered to the needs of production forestry the 1988 policy envisages environmental forestry to be its principal goal. It has also put forward a multi-pronged strategy to ensure a holistic approach towards forest management in India. The policy recognises that a forest is a national asset to be protected and enhanced for the well being of the people and the Nation. A welcome shift in the forestry paradigm is that forests are no longer to be looked upon as a source of revenue but as a renewable natural resource.