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SCOPE OF PRODUCTION FORESTRY IN ENHANCING
CARBON MITIGATION IN INDIA
A Preliminary Report
Satya P. Mohapatra, Niloy K. Bhattacherjee, Soumitri Das and Prabhat Upadhyaya
ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT (ATREE)
NEW DELHI.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapte Pa!e
List of Abbreviations 21 Introduction 3
2 Climate Change and Forestr 5
3 Demand and !u""l of #ood in India 10$ %roduction Forestr in India 1&
5 %roduction Forestr and Carbon !e'uestration 2&
& %olicies in India on %roduction Forestr 30( )e*t !te"s $3
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
". UNITS
+m2 !'uare +ilometre
ha ectare
-ha -illion hectare.s Indian .u"ees
/!D /! Dollar cm Centimetre
m -etre
+m ilometre
cr Crore 10(0C Degree Celsius
r ear
m3 Cubic metre+g ilogramme
-t -illion tonnest 4onnest 4housand million tonnes
-g -illion grammes
#. ACRONYMS
AAC Annual Allo6able Cut
C Carbon
CD- Clean Develo"ment -echanismC72 Carbon dio*ide
FA7 Food and Agriculture 7rganisation of the /nited )ations
F% Five8ear %lans reenhouse gas
I94 International 9missions 4rading
I%CC Intergovernmental %anel on Climate Change
I447 International 4ro"ical 4imber 7rganisation:F- :oint Forest -anagement
:I :oint Im"lementation
L/L/CF Land8/se, Land8/se Change and Forestr-AI -ean Annual Increment
-o9F -inistr of 9nvironment and Forests
)A9; )ational Afforestation and 9co8develo"ment ;oard)F% )ational Forest %olic
)FA% )ational Forestr Action %rogramme!9;I !ecurities and 9*change ;oard of India
!F. !tate of Forest .e"ort/)9% /nited )ations 9nvironment %rogramme
/)FCCC /nited )ations Frame6or+ Convention on Climate Change
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". INTRODUCTION
4he develo"ing countries 6ill bear the ma*imum brunt of global 6arming and climatechange, although their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is much less than that of
the develo"ed countries< It is, therefore, im"ortant that countries li+e India ta+e "roactive
ste"s to contribute to fighting climate changes national 6ood balance u" to 2020
iv< Consultations 6ith sta+eholders li+e the industr, "rominent civil societ
organi=ations, and the overnment agencies
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#. CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTRY
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increasing economic costs and human suffering< .iver deltas that are "resentl being
farmed and estuaries that are no6 im"ortant 6ildlife habitats 6ill be flooded and become
saline, ma+ing them unsuitable for these uses< #arm seasons 6ill become drer in theinterior of most mid8latitude continents, increasing the fre'uenc of droughts and land
degradation< 4his 6ill be "articularl serious for areas 6here land degradation,
desertification and droughts are alread severe< Additionall, tro"ical diseases 6ill e*tendbeond their "resent geogra"hic ranges restrictions on e*"orts< 4he shift
to6ard African timber is also "artl because of gro6ing restrictions on Asian log e*"ortsUESTRATION
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1< tro"ical
2< montane subtro"ical
3< montane tem"erate$< al"ine
4hese are subdivided into 1& sub8t"es based on Cham"ion and !eth(E
classification< 7fthese sub8t"es, ma?orit of the area is under tro"ical moist deciduous and tro"ical dr
deciduous forests< 4he total forest cover of India has been around &$ -ha since the
1E0s0F!I, 1EEE< Dhad6al and )aa+1As cited in Lal and !ingh2 estimated thetotal carbon "ool of Indian forests to be 1EE$ million tonnes -t for the ear 1E5s o6n land, 6e need to better understand 6h that
o"tion 6or+s or does not 6or+ for the "ur"ose of "roduction forestr< 4o do that, 6e
6ould be meeting 6ith forest8based industr such as #imco, ;allar"ur and I4C< #e6ould then 6rite case studies based on our interaction 6ith the industr and the farmers