National REDD+ Strategy released
30th August, 2018Category: Environment
The national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) strategy for India prepared by Indian Council of Forestry and Education, Dehradun for the Government was released in New Delhi by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan.
The Paris agreement on climate change also recognises the role of forests in climate change mitigation and calls upon the party countries to take action to implement and support REDD+. In its nationally determined contribution to the Paris agreement, India has communicated that it will capture 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide through additional efforts. India’s national REDD+ strategy is one of the tools to further supplement India’s commitment to the Paris agreement. India’s first biennial update report to UNFCCC reveals that forests in India capture about 12 per cent of India’s total GHG emission.
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