5 Ex-officio members
1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department
2.The Prinicpal Secretary to Government, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department
3.The Secretary to Government, Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government,Agriculture - Farmers Welfare Department
4.The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Department
5.The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chief Wildlife Warden
5 Non official members
1. Thiru. Ashok Upreti, IFS, (Retired), Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoD), Chennai
2. Dr. K. Sivakumar, Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry
3. Dr. Florida Tilton, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biozone Research Technologies Private Limited., Chennai
4. Dr. V. Gokula, Associate Professor and Head, PG and Research Department of Zoology, National College, Tiruchirappalli
5. Dr. S. Geetha, Associate Professor, Head of the Department (in charge)/Research Coordinator, SRM College of Agricultural Sciences, Chengalpattu.