Rasna Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. is proposing an afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism (CDM) project on 468 acres of government wasteland in Kherola village, Banaskantha district, Gujarat. The project aims to plant 1.9 lakh native trees using drip irrigation over 20 years to generate carbon credits while improving the environment, creating jobs, and benefiting local communities and farmers. Rasna has signed an MOU with the Gujarat government and is seeking formal land allocation and consultant support to develop the CDM project.

1. Rasna Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd.
Welcomes
Honourable Collector, Banaskantha
&
Committee Members

2. Development of
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
in Afforestation and Reforestation Project
Village: Kherola, Ta: Deesa, Dist: Banaskantha

3. Objectives of the Presentation
 To Introduce Rasna Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd.
as agency willing to undertake Plantation Activity
on Government Wasteland
 To brief the Opportunity of CDM to enhance Plant
Cover and generate Social Development
 To provide Project details
 To appraise about Progress till date
 Agendas on Hand

4. The Company
Rasna Group of Companies is a rapidly growing conglomerate
having its presence in several business sectors like Chemicals,
Textiles, Finance, Minerals, Construction etc., having net worth
of about Rs. 15 Crore. The Group have the following
subsidiary/associated company.
# COMPANY SECTOR
RASNA MARKETING SERVICES
1 PVT.LTD. TEXTILE TRADING AND FINANCE
2 ZIRCON MARKETIERS PVT.LTD. TEXTILE TRADING AND FINANCE
3 RASNA HEALTH CARE MFG. OF MINERAL WATER
4 UTPAN IMPEX MFG. & TRADING- CHEMICALS
5 BANAS GRAM VIKAS MANCH NGO
6 SHETH CORPORATION CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS

5. The Promoters
Name KAMLESH SHAH
Age 52
Qualification B.COM,LL. B
•30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
Experience MFG.ACTIVITIES.
•WORKED AS A WHOLE TIME
DIRECTOR IN BIG TEXTILE
COMPANIES LOOKING AFTER
PRODUCTION,SALES AND
FINANCE

6. The Promoters
Name MUKESH SHETH
Age 50
Qualification B.COM
•13 YEARS EXP. OF
MFG.ACTIVITY
•EXP.OF FARMING AS A
Experience CAPABLE FARMER HAVING
100 VIGHAS LAND IN
FAMILY.

7. The Project Co ordinator
Name KAYANBHAI DESAI
Age 52
Experience 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
FARMING.

8. Project Design Developer (PDD)
 Centre for Environment Education, CEE was created in
recognition of the importance of environmental
education in India’s overall environment and
development strategy. The result of a unique partnership
between government and a NGO, CEE was established as
a centre of excellence in 1984 supported by the ministry
of Environment and Forest, Government of India.
 Scope of Work
 Development of Project concept note and project
design document
 Submission for host country approval
 Conduct validation
 Submit to executive board for approval

9. Components for the proposed PDD
Draft CDM-PDD
Determine the scale of activity
Small Scale or Large i.e. Normal
Confirm sector
Select methodology
Collect and compile info. as required in
baseline methodology
Address key issues like non-permanence,
leakage etc. as given in the PDD format
Interpret and put accordingly in the PDD
format of UNFCCC

10. Global Warming or Climate Change?
 Global Warming
Overall warming of the planet, based on the average
temperature over the entire surface
 Climate Change
Changes in regional climate characteristics including
temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind and severe
weather events
Global warming causes changes in climate

11. Causes
 Increase in atmospheric CO2 and other
greenhouse gases during the industrial era,
caused by human activities.

12. Greenhouse Gases
Green GWP2 (100
Chemical Anthropogenic Atmospheric
house Year Time
Formula Sources Lifetime1(years)
Gas Horizon)
Fossil-fuel combustion,
Carbon CO2 Land-use conversion, variable1 1
Dioxide
Cement Production
Fossil fuels,
Methane CH4 Rice paddies, 121 23
Waste dumps
Fertilizer,
Nitrous N 2O Industrial processes, 1141 296
Oxide
Combustion
CCL2F2 Liquid coolants,
CFC-12 100 10600
Foams
HCFC-22 CCl2F2 Refrigerants 11.9 1700
Aluminum smelting,
Perfluor C2F6 Semiconductor 10000 11900
oethane
manufacturing
Sulfur
Hexaflou SF6 Dielectric fluid 3200 22200
ride

13. Human Activities Responsible for Warming
 Burning of fossil fuels
 Mining of coal and oil
 Deforestation
 Carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants
 CO2 emitted from cars, aero planes
 CO2 from buildings
 Methane
 Increased Water vapor
 Nitrous oxide

14. Effects of Global Warming
 Rising Sea level
 Increased temperature
 Habitat damage and species affected
 Changes in Water Supply

15. Climate Change: Mitigation & Adaptation
 Mitigation
Actions to reduce greenhouse gases
 Adaptation
Actions taken to minimize the adverse impacts of
climate change

16. UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
 UNFCCC: the basis for concerted international
action to mitigate climate change and adapt to
its impacts
With an objective to
Stabilize GHG concentrations at levels that
prevent dangerous anthropogenic
interference with the climate system
Ensure that economic development proceeds
in a sustainable manner and food production
is not threatened

17. Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol: an international and legally
binding agreement to reduce greenhouse
gases worldwide
Adopted in Kyoto (Japan) in 1997, took
effect with support of 141 nations
Enforced on 16th February 2005
38 Annex I countries (mostly industrialized)
have ratified the treaty and are legally
bound to reduce their green house gas
emission (GHG) by 5.2% before 2012
Targets set for each nations based on their
1990 level

18. Available Market Based Mechanisms
(i) Emission Trading: Allow the developed countries to
transfer emissions credits to each other
(ii) Joint Implementation (JI): Implemented between
two developed (Annex 1) countries. Credits
obtained by investing countries are offset by
debits to the country hosting the Project
(iii) The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

19. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
 Flexible mechanism allows emission reduction
projects in developing countries to earn certified
emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to
one tone of CO2

20. Forestry Sector
 Forests can act as both a sink (absorbing emissions)
and as a sources of emission when trees are felled.
 20% of the global greenhouse gas emissions is
caused by deforestation alone, forestry sector has
the potential of offering 20% of the global climate
change solution.

21. Scope: Afforestation & Reforestation
 Afforestation is the direct human-induced conversion of
land that has not been forested for a period of at least
50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/
or the human- induced promotion of natural seed
sources ･
 Reforestation is the direct human-induced conversion of
non- forested land to forested land through planting,
seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of
natural seed sources, on land that was forested but that
has been converted to non-forested land. For the first
commitment period, reforestation activities will be
limited to reforestation occurring on those lands that
did not contain forest on 31 December 1989

22. Types of Afforestation & Reforestation Project Activities
 Small Scale A & R project activities:
Threshold limit of net anthropogenic GHG
removals by sinks of 8ktCO2per year
Implemented by low income communities.
 Large Scale A & R project activities:
No threshold limit of net anthropogenic GHG
removals by sinks.

23. Opportunities
 CDM help generate funds Afforestation /
reforestation activity
 The funds can be used for raising and maintaining
plantations
 Gujarat has large tracts of waste land which can
be undertaken under plantation activity
 CDM funds help reduce project cost through
possible CERs sale and add to income generation
of parties involved

24. Initiatives of Rasna Group in this Sector
 CDM Discussion with the Government of Gujarat development
of plantation based project
 MoU signed during Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2009
Snap at the time of inking MoU with Mr J K Vyas, Director (Environment)
in presence of Shri Mangubhai Patel, Hon. Minister- Forest & Environment

25. Initiatives of Rasna Group in this Sector
Snap at the time of Greeting Shri Narendrabhai Modi, Hon. Chief Minister-
Gujarat State at Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit 2009

26. Project Details
 Land areas identified
 Total land – 468 acres
 District: Banaskantha
 Taluka: Deesa
 Village: Kherola
 Possibility of adding more land areas through farmer
participation
 Land category : Government Wasteland
 Land use change: Wasteland to Forests
 Ownership: Lease Hold
 Lease Period: 20 Years

27. Project Details
 Scale of Project: Small Scale
 CERs – expected approx. 4000- 5000 CERs avg.
 Methodology – Approved small scale methodology
of UNFCCC

28. Proposed Species
Local name Botanical name
Kikar Acacia nilotica
Musquete Prosopis juliflora
Khejari Prosopis cineraria
Neem Azadirachta indica
Iserial Babool Acacia tortilis
Ber Ziziphus mauritiana
Imli Tamarindus indica
Jamun Syzygium cumini
Shisham Dalbergia sissoo
Peepal Ficus religiosa
Bargad Ficus bengalensis

29. Conceptual Outcome of the Proposed Project
Forest View of 1.90 Lakh Trees

30. Salient Features of the Project
Methodology- Drip Irrigation
Drip Irrigation Package for Growing Trees. A typical drip
irrigation system for trees and shrubs has a ½” Polyethylene
Tube laid on the ground from tree to tree. An emitters is installed
at each tree to drip water. If large trees are to be watered a loop
may be made around the tree and several emitters used to water
the large tree.The tubing may be on top of the ground.

31. Salient Features of the Project
 Plantation of high biomass potential plants
 Nursery technology from local forest department
 Local species with 40 : 60 crop rotation ratio
 Inter – cropping of possible farm land
 20 years duration plantation

32. Expected Outcomes
 Improved local environmental condition of soil
through increasing the water holding capacity of
the lands
 Converting the marginal and degraded croplands
into forested lands
 New economic opportunities and enhance the
income of farmers through timber and fruit
production as well as revenues from the sale of
carbon credits
 Enhance community bondage and elevate the
status of women by ensuring their participation in
the proposed A/R CDM project activity

33. Contd……
 Upgrade local Ecosystem quality
 Land and Water Quality
 Increase in Green Cover
 Community benefits
 Employment benefits – for plantation and
maintenance
 Fodder for animals

34. Agendas on Hand
 Formal Allotment of Land for the Project
 Formation of Local Association and Agreement
 Appoint Project Consultant for plantation, CDM
Project Development

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