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KOLKATA: State Forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick instructed the officials of his department to cultivate means of earning revenue by selling forest products like timber, honey and medicinal plants. Mallick on Tuesday took charge of the department and held a meeting with his officials at Aranya Bhavan in Salt Lake. "The timber of trees like sal, segun and mahogany are very expensive and can fetch huge revenue for the government. "The department has already started providing high quality telephones toour forest guards and building more watch towers to curb activities like poaching in forest. The minister also stressed upon zero tolerance when it comes to transparency in the recruitment of the forest department..