PFCC Report-Dec 05

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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

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