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Context
- The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme being carried out in the Himalayan states.
- Jointly carried by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been extended till July 2020.
- The Himalaya programme was launched in January 2016 in Mizoram
- Deforestation and forest degradation in India’s Himalayan states.
- The initiative was meant to last only till 2018 is extended till July 2020.
- The project is supported by the environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety ministry of Germany.
REDD+
- REDD+ is a mechanism developed by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
- It creates a financial value for the carbon stored in forests
- Developing countries would receive results-based payments for resultsbased actions.
- REDD+ goes beyond simply deforestation and forest degradation
- It aims to create incentives for communities
- More than 300 REDD+ initiatives have taken place since 2006.
- The mechanism is enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Difference between REDD and REDD+?
- REDD = “reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries”
- REDD+ (or REDD-plus) = to “reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries”
Afforestration in India
- Compensatory Afforestation Fund
- The Union Environment Ministry has transferred ₹47,436 crore to 27 States for afforestation. The funds are long-pending dues, part of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF), that has been collected for nearly a decade as environmental compensation from industry.
Green India mission
- The Green India Mission is one of the 8 missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
- It is a $7billion environmental intervention, laid out in 2011.
- The mission aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s diminishing forest cover.
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