Arun K.BansalMadhu Verma Rajesh KumarSwapan Mehra Priyanka Batra

Scope

The Manual, intends to be a practical, easy to use guide to

enable forestry practitioners and end users to implement

projects on ground and understand and appreciate all

components of REDD+.

REDD+ is expected to rapidly emerge as a means to

incentivize SFM in India.

Contents

Intent

It discusses the REDD+ architecture and highlights the need

for information on various physical data pertaining to forest

cover, degradation and deforestation rate, socio-economic

dependence on forest stock, etc. and capacity building of

the State Forest Department for REDD+ readiness, and

eventually to set up REDD + projects.

Developing REDD+ in India: Brief Steps Site

Selection

Baseline Development

Socio -Economic assessment to identify Project Activity

Calculation of Emission Reductions

+ Sequestration Potential

Validation

Recommendations

While international architecture and financial arrangements

for REDD+ are being evolved, the SFDs can start capacity

building activities like:

– develop understanding of the REDD+ mechanism

– developing mechanisms to assess forest condition and biodiversity

– ensuring safeguards for the communities

– Training on GIS-related softwares

– Carbon assessment

Thanks

Contact information

Mr. Arun K. Bansal, IFS, Director, IIFM (

bansal.ak@nic.in)

Dr. (Mrs.) Madhu Verma, Professor, EDE,

IIFM (mverma@iifm.ac.in)

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, ISS, Senior Dpty. Director

(Forest Inventory), FSI (

rajsus1@rediffmail.com)

Mr. Swapan Mehra, CEO & Founder, IES (

swapan@ioraecological.com)

Ms. Priyanka Batra, Consultant (TIFAC-IIASA

Project), IIFM (pri.batra@gmail.com)