Forest Plus - Hoshangabad Landscape
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The document outlines the goals and activities of the Forest-PLUS program in the Hoshangabad Landscape in India. The goals are to improve forest conservation and management, reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation, and increase carbon sequestration. Key activities discussed include developing tools to measure carbon, demonstrating agroforestry models, community consultations on forest management, building local capacity, engaging in policy interventions, and ongoing pilot projects focused on non-timber forest products and fuelwood reduction. The document provides details on the pilot clusters, approaches taken, and various studies, trainings, and documents produced through the Forest-PLUS program to meet its objectives.
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Forest Plus - Hoshangabad Landscape
- 1. 1 FOREST-PLUS Hoshangabad Landscape Sourav Pahari 23 August, 2016
- 2. 7/25/2016 2 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
- 3. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation CO2 O2 WOOD C Carbon Storage Carbon Emissions CO2 Forest carbon CO2 2 Emissions from Deforestation Degradation REDD+
- 4. Creating an Enabling Environment… Capacity Building Community Consultations Policy-level Interventions Approach Forward Linkages
- 5. 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
- 6. • Development of mobile app for easy data collection and linking it with DMS 6 Easing carbon measurement F- PLUS DMS mForest App (check in start) mForest App (check in finish)mForest App
- 7. 7/25/2016 7 • 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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.
- 10. 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
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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. 12