Tree Diversity in Indian Farms Boosts CO2 Sequestration
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Presentation on Tree Diversity Day, 11 October 2012, at the 11th CBD Conference of Parties in Hyderabad, India
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Tree Diversity in Indian Farms Boosts CO2 Sequestration
- 1. Tree diversity in Farmers’ fields in Indian Subcontinent: Role in Biodiversity Conservation and CO2 Sequestration COP-11-Hyderabad Benefits of diversifying and restoring landscape mosaics in the tropics by harnessing tree diversity. PP Bhojvaid, Director FRI, Dehradoon. India.
- 2. Prosopis in dry lands
- 3. Grewia optivaa in upland agriculture
- 5. Mangifera in north India Cocos nucifera in coastal areas
- 6. Azadirach indica in Celtis australis in hills central India
- 7. Grasses for fodder Fibre for thatch and other uses
- 8. Mountain women collecting fodder and leaf litter
- 9. Farmers had trees on farms for • fodder • fuel • fruits • fertilizer • small and large timber • Sale of goods for income generation • In bad crop years, emergency, special needs
- 10. Trees on farms • Multipurpose • Nitrogen fixing • Good coppice • Largely Evergreen • Economical • Compatible with crops • Resistant to insect pest
- 11. Trees on Farm • Largely indigenous • Local niche suitability • Indigenous and improvised management • Sustained for generations • Lesser Known Tree Species • But still survived the reductionist approach of contemporary FM
- 12. Tecomella
- 13. Salvadora
- 14. Forest Productivity Global Average India 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 cu.m/ha/annum
- 15. Demand and supply for industrial wood (Khanduri and Mandal 2005)
- 16. Agroforests for Economic and Environmental Benefits • Intensive management • Genetic improvement • Fertile soils • Better protection • Inputs by default • Market forces • A and R under LULUCF • REDD+
- 18. Seedlings : Genetic variability Low Yields
- 19. CLONING OF EUCALYPTUS OPERATIONLISED CAPACITY BEING ENHANCED
- 21. • 600 plywood units • Purchase 1 million US$ day-1 • Value added 3 million US$ day-1 • 60000 man days day-1 • 2.5 million $US as tax month-1
- 22. Other Environmental Benefits • CO2 sequestration • Increase in tree cover (8%) • Alleviation of pressure from Natural Forests • Biodiversity conservation • Ex situ production
- 23. The MAI realized under Agroforestry for species such as Poplar and Eucalyptus • Poplar 10 -25 m3 ha-1 year-1 (Haryana and UP) • Eucalyptus 8-14 m3 ha-1 year-1 (Haryana) • ITC Clonal Eucalyptus 35 m3 ha-1 year-1 (AP) • ITC Clonal Eucalyptus 22 m3 ha-1 year-1 (Haryana, under trial)
- 24. Biodiversity conservation • Medicinal plants • Global trade > 100 billion $US • Unsustainable harvest • Over exploitation • Extinction? • ex situ cultivation • Land???
- 25. Eucalyptus with Centella asiatica
- 26. Acacias