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FOREST-PLUSHoshangabad Landscape Sourav Pahari23 August, 2016

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Goals: – Improve

conservation and management of forest ecosystems

– Reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

– Sequester atmospheric carbon while enhancing biodiversity health, environmental services, forest-based livelihoods and social uses

The Forest-PLUS Program ADD PHOTO HERE

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

CO2

O2 WOOD C

Carbon Storage Carbon Emissions

CO2

Forest carbonCO2

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Emissions from Deforestation

Degradation

REDD+

Creating an Enabling Environment…

Capacity Building

Community Consultations

Policy-level Interventions

Approach

Forward Linkages

Pilot Clusters

Hoshangabad – Morpani Cluster

– Morpani

– Madikhoh

– Mariyarpur

– Gomti

Harda – Kapasi Cluster

– Kapasi

– Uskali

– Jinwani

– Jogikhera

– Barodaghat

Additionally, six villages in Itarsi & Banapura Range of Hoshangabad – exclusively for NTFP interventions

• Development of mobile app for easy data collection and linking it with DMS

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Easing carbon measurement

F-PLUS DMS

mForest App

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mForest App

(check in finish) mForest

App

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• Unique model of agro forestry demonstrated.

• PPP initiative to support 1.36 lakhs saplings for plantation in the banks of Ajnal river of Harda District.

• Plan for teak registration campaign in the landscape.

Trees outside forests..

FOOTER GOES HERE

Community Consultations• Village level consultations on Agro forestry, private forest, NTFPs, and

energy efficiency• Orientation Programme on NTFP Management• NTFP survey through quantitative and qualitative methods – survey and

focused group discussions– Mahua (Madhuca longifolia)– Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata)– Bel (Aegle marmelos)– Aonla (Phyllanthus emblica)– Chironji (Buchanania lanzan)

• Consultations to understand gaps, and initiate dialogue to reduce fuelwood dependency, examine existing models of cooking stoves to explore modifications

Forward Linkages

• Understand forward and backward linkages of NTFPs.

• Dialogue with Regional Rural Training Centre to incorporate GCC in state training module of elected representatives

• Dialogue with community to understand problems in storage and marketing of forest produce

• Developing improved tools for NTFP harvesting.

Capacity Building

• Community training on tree estimation

• Training of Trainers (ToT) on Community carbon measurement

• Practical Exposure to Forest Frontline Staff during Fractional Cover Field Validation study.

• Exposure visits of farmers to NTFP markets to streamline sustainable collection of NTFPs

• Training of JFMC members

Policy-level Interventions and documents• Community Consultation for review and revision of National Forest

Policy• Community Consultations on proposed State Agroforestry Policy 2016• Community Consultations on proposed amendments in Niji Bhoomi par

Vriksha Ropan Protsahan Scheme 2016• A study on “Analysis of policy constraints for promoting local livelihoods

based on agroforestry and non-timber forest products (NTFPs)” in the landscape.

• Baseline profiling of the landscape and mapping of drivers of forest degradation.

• A draft document on Sustainable NTFP harvesting and management technique on Buchanania lanzan

• Draft report on grazing management technique.

Ongoing activities• Preparation of draft

report on Mahua flower estimation study.

• Enhancing thermal efficiency of existing stoves in villages to reduce fuelwood consumption.

• Development of training module for JFMC members.

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THANK YOU

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