Tamil Nadu has earmarked ₹100.72 crore across five years, from 2026-27 to 2030-31, to bolster its forest force. Of this, a forest-fire management programme worth ₹60.58 crore will upgrade fire prevention and emergency response. For ₹10 crore, 25 nature parks of one hectare each will be created across urban, peri-urban and rural areas. District Biodiversity Symbols will showcase each district's endemic and endangered species. At the State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, the Centre for Tree Forensics and Timber Analysis and its labs get a ₹5-crore upgrade, while 43 intern naturalists will be hired for ₹4.2 crore to survey biodiversity across forest divisions, coastal districts and the Eastern Ghats.