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The Woodland Carbon Code is the UK standard for afforestation projects for climate change mitigation. [1] It provides independent validation and verification and assurance about the levels of carbon sequestration from woodland creation projects and their contribution to climate change mitigation.
An afforestation project in Rand Wood, Lincolnshire, England (this patch was open ground before) Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no recent tree cover. [1] There are three types of afforestation: natural regeneration, agroforestry and tree plantations. [2] Afforestation has many benefits.
However, the government has put in place measures for compensatory afforestation to meet the tremendous economic growth characterized by vast industrialization. In 1999 there was a compensation afforestation scheme in Shanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan where 14 million hectares were planted to compensate for the cultivated forests and human settlements ...
An afforestation project in Rand Wood, Lincolnshire, England (this patch was open ground before) Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no recent tree cover. [50] There are three types of afforestation: natural regeneration, agroforestry and tree plantations. [51] Afforestation has many benefits.
CAMPA Act or Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act is an Indian legislation that seeks to provide an appropriate institutional mechanism, both at the Centre and in each State and Union Territory, to ensure expeditious utilization in efficient and transparent manner of amounts released in lieu of forest land diverted for non-forest purpose which would mitigate impact of diversion of such forest land.
Simplify and expand carbon market rules, including the Clean Development Mechanism, to encourage reforestation, afforestation and sustainable forest management. Include tropical forest and land use carbon credits in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme , while maintaining strong incentives to reduce industrial emissions.
The social forestry scheme sought to enable the common people to raise plantations which would meet the growing demand for timber, fuelwood, fodder, etc., and thereby reduce pressure on traditional forest areas. This concept of village forests to meet the needs of rural people had existed for centuries across India.
Telangana Ku Haritha Hāram is the afforestation program undertaken by the Telangana government. [1] Haritaharam 2015 was officially inaugurated by Telangana State Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao on 3 July 2015 at Chilukur Balaji Temple. [2]