Forest landscape restoration plays a pivotal role in regaining ecological functionality and improves human welfare. Substantiate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), deforestation and forest degradation contribute around 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The total area occupied by primary forests in India has decreased by 3.6%.
· Forest landscape restoration seeks to involve communities in the process of designing and executing mutually advantageous interventions for the upgradation of landscapes.
· Tree planting prevents erosion and stems flooding. Sustainable forest crops reduce food insecurity and empower women, allowing them to gain access to more nutritional diets and new income streams.
· Agroforestry lessens rural-to-urban migration and contributes to an increase in resources and household income. Planting trees is deeply linked to the ‘wholistic’ well-being of all individuals, the community, and the planet.
· The span 2021-2030 is the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, emphasising efforts to restore degraded terrestrial ecosystems including forests.
· India joined the Bonn Challenge in 2015, pledging to restore 26 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2030. An additional carbon sink of 2.5 billion-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through forest and tree cover is to be created by 2030.
· However, forest restoration in India faces hurdles in terms of the identification of areas for restoration, a lack of importance accorded to research and scientific strategies in tree planting, stakeholders’ conflicts of interest, and financing.
Ananta Kumar Muduli 2 years
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Tapasvi 2 years
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Nandhini Vijay 2 years
According to IUCN, 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to deforestation and forest degradation. The total forest area occupied by primary forests in India has decreased by 3.6%.
ROLE OF FORESTS LANDSCAPE RESTORATION :
* Forests can mitigate effects of climate change and influence carbon cycle, regulate ecosystems. As 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are absorbed by forests.
* Millions of lives and livelihoods improved and it acts as a boon for local communities as a resource base for goods and services.
* It enhances agricultural productivity by enriching soil fertility and water availability in turn rural economy.
* It prevents soil erosion and stems flooding. Sustainable forest crops reduce food insecurity and empower women having access to nutritional diets.
* Lessens rural - urban migration increase in household income and overall equitable growth of the community as a whole.
Forest restoration faces hurdles in terms of identification of areas for restoration. More importance must be accorded the research and scientific strategies in tree planting, stakeholders conflicts of interest, financing.
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