Clarity on objectives and removing ambiguity on key aspects will be essential for India to achieve forest related national and international commitments. Examine (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 3 years
KEY POINTS
· Forest landscapes play a critical role in tackling climate change and provide a broad range of ecosystem services.
· India’s NDC target mentions creation of an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent from additional forest and tree cover until 2030.
· These national targets on restoration support implementation of national priorities on Sustainable Development Goals while contributing to the achievement of international commitments on climate change, biodiversity and land degradation.
· Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a long-term process to regain ecological functionality, enhance human well-being in deforested or degraded landscapes and deliver a broad range of goods and services for a wide range of stakeholders and across different land-uses.
· However, effective implementation of these FLR initiatives calls for establishing common understanding and coordinated implementation approaches on FLR in India.
· Forest Survey of India’s reports identify 63 m ha of potential areas for restoration across different categories, namely, open forest, recently impaired forests, cultural wastelands, agro-forestry plantations, and potential for plantations along roads and railway tracks.
· The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and IUCN India have constituted a Bonn Challenge Consultative Committee with a view to guide the progress and achievements in respect of commitments under the Bonn Challenge.
· Another concern is around establishing a baseline for FLR to demonstrate transformational change and assess progress against business as usual scenario.
· Monitoring and reporting are important to understand what worked and what did not, to better support adaptive management and see how local communities benefit from restoration.
· Adequate institutions have been developed over the past three decades under the Joint Forest Management, the Forest Protection Committee, Van Panchayats and Gram Sabhas for bringing stakeholders together at the ground level, in addition to district and State level coordination committees.
Venkateshwaran R 3 years
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IAS Parliament 3 years
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Venkateshwaran R 3 years
