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Participatory Approaches to Forest Carbon Projects: Phase I
METHODS DEVELOPMENT
Partner Organizations in India:
- Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF)
- Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (CES)
- Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
- Madhya Pradesh Forest Department
This project was implemented with support from the United States Forest Service-International to work with the government of India's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), and the Indian Institute of Science (IIS) to conduct an exploratory study of new financing mechanisms for communities participating in Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India. This first phase project examined systems that could compensate communities for carbon sequestration and storage resulting from forest regeneration. The project was designed to facilitate a dialogue among senior Indian planners, scientists, and NGO leaders to collaboratively develop a new paradigm for the sustainable financing of JFM strategies.
Findings from this collaborative policy study were presented to the Government of India and to international bodies engaged in designing new mechanisms to support and finance carbon sequestration and storage. The results were also presented at the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN sponsored international process.
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The Clean Development Mechanism and Village-Based Forest Restoration in Central India: A Case Study from Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
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