What should be the response/strategy of Civil Society? As per the news, there seem to be no involvement of others apart from Govt! Is anybody privy to further details?
High-level committee to finalise action plan on climate change
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar March 20, 2010, 0:44 IST
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/high-level-committee-to-finalise-action-planclimate-change/389146/
The process of finalizing the State Action Plan (SAP) on climate change for Orissa got further impetus with the government constituting a High Level Co-ordination Committee (HLCC) headed by the chief secretary, Tarunkanti Mishra.
The secretary, forest and environment department of the Orissa government has been nominated as the member convener of the committee.
The committee has development commissioner (DC), Agricultural Production Commissioner (APC), secretaries in the departments of finance, fisheries, housing and urban development, steel and mines, agriculture, water resources, revenue and disaster management, energy, commerce and transport, health and family welfare, industry and managing director of Orissa State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) as its members.
The chief minister Naveen Patnaik has approved a proposal to this effect, sources said.
The Draft Action Plan (DAP) will undergo sectoral discussions and inter-sectoral consultations before being finalized. It would then be submitted to the government for approval. “The World Bank has roped in experts of international repute to carry forward the process of framing the SAP on climate change. It would be finalized by the end of April 2010 as scheduled”, Bhagirathi Behera, director, environment department, Orissa government told Business Standard.
Sources said, the experts who have been roped in by the World Bank to assist the government in its endeavor to frame the SAP, included Mala Rao of Indian Institute of Public Health, Anil Markandeya (scientific director, Basque Centre for Climate Change), Atul Agarwal (Transport specialist in the World Bank), K P Nyati (expert in sustainable mining initiatives), Arivudai Nambi (Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai).
The experts would hold discussions with different sectoral groups from March 25-31, 2010. On the advice of DFID and World Bank, the government has already formed nine sectoral committees that would work on nine different impact areas of climate change
These areas include health and social vulnerability, energy, transport, agriculture, urban development, water resources, coastal and disaster, mining and forest among others. Meanwhile, eleven working groups headed by the secretaries have held one round of discussion with the experts from March 1-6.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Call for papers: Climate change and the sustainable management of water resources
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CLIMATE 2010 is being organised in cooperation with UNEP, IPCC, WMO, FAO and further world bodies. Building on the success of the previous online conferences CLIMATE 2008/KLIMA 2008 and CLIMATE 2009/KLIMA 2009 with more than 1m visits and over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, this year's interactive, free of charge online vent will specifically focus on “Climate Change and the sustainable management of water resources”.
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The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is pleased to inform that the call for papers for the third worldwide online climate conference CLIMATE 2010/KLIMA 2010 has just opened. Be part of this worldwide climate-friendly event and use this unique opportunity to present and discuss your work with fellow researchers, practitioners, NGOs and the interested public from all around the world.
CLIMATE 2010 is being organised in cooperation with UNEP, IPCC, WMO, FAO and further world bodies. Building on the success of the previous online conferences CLIMATE 2008/KLIMA 2008 and CLIMATE 2009/KLIMA 2009 with more than 1m visits and over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, this year's interactive, free of charge online vent will specifically focus on “Climate Change and the sustainable management of water resources”.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
24 critically polluted areas under scanner
Ians
September 17th, 2009
NEW DELHI - Twenty-four areas around the country where water, air and soil pollution have reached critical levels are now being studied by experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to see what can be done about them, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Thursday.
“Meanwhile, no new industrial units are to come up in any of these areas unless a committee of experts is satisfied that it will not worsen the ambient air, water or soil quality,” he added.
Among the 24 critically polluted areas, the minister named Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) and Korba (Chhattisgarh), two hubs of thermal power generation; the Vapi-Ankleswar belt of chemical industries in Gujarat; Trombay in Mumbai; Ranipet in Tamil Nadu; Patancheru in Andhra Pradesh and Talcher in Orissa.
Once the experts from IIT-Delhi give their report, the Central Pollution Control Board will draw up an action plan on how to clean up these areas. Ramesh said: “We shall use the polluter pays principle, and use that money to set up common effluent treatment plants, for example.”
Ians
September 17th, 2009
NEW DELHI - Twenty-four areas around the country where water, air and soil pollution have reached critical levels are now being studied by experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to see what can be done about them, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Thursday.
“Meanwhile, no new industrial units are to come up in any of these areas unless a committee of experts is satisfied that it will not worsen the ambient air, water or soil quality,” he added.
Among the 24 critically polluted areas, the minister named Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) and Korba (Chhattisgarh), two hubs of thermal power generation; the Vapi-Ankleswar belt of chemical industries in Gujarat; Trombay in Mumbai; Ranipet in Tamil Nadu; Patancheru in Andhra Pradesh and Talcher in Orissa.
Once the experts from IIT-Delhi give their report, the Central Pollution Control Board will draw up an action plan on how to clean up these areas. Ramesh said: “We shall use the polluter pays principle, and use that money to set up common effluent treatment plants, for example.”
Thursday, September 10, 2009
National workshop on CDM - Orissa has large potential in CDM Trade
National workshop on CDM - Orissa has large potential in CDM Trade
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Bhubaneswar (Press Release): Climate change is probably the biggest threat ever the world is facing today and Orissa is no exception. Orissa is most prone to climate changes, primarily because of its geographical location. The state’s fluctuating weather conditions suggest that it is reeling under climatic chaos.
For more than a decade now, it experiencing an unprecedented rise in temperatures and for a region, which is otherwise known for its moderate temperature, this is a very alarming trend: from heat waves to cyclones: from droughts to floods. In the last four years, calamities have claimed more than 30,000 lives, which are not only becoming more frequent, but have hit areas that were never considered vulnerable.
This is part of the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) Program which provided the required institutional and legal framework and bringing momentum to the industrial growth in the state and improving the climate for socially & environmentally responsible investment with an overall goal of higher and pro-poor economic growth and employment in Orissa. This initiative has been funded by DFID through UNIDO.IPICOL is the nodal agency.
Clean Development Mechanism is one of the project based market mechanism under Kyoto Protocol. It leverages capital from the developed nations to reduce emissions in developing projects that has been lower emissions.
Keeping this in view a CDM cell was created in IPICOL with DFID support. The technical backstopping to this Cell was provided by CTRAN, a leading Carbon Asset Management Company. Subsequently DFID routed the finance to retain the services of the key experts through UNIDO.
The objective of the workshop is to chart out a clear strategy for climate change mitigation through cleaner production in industrial sectors.200 number of invitees are participating on the seminar to share this experience of clean production.
Academicians, experts from carbon funds and validation agencies will debate over 2 days to come out with a climate change action plan for the state by industries.
The workshop is being inaugurated by Honorable Minister for Department of Steel & Mines Mr. Raghunath Mohanty, Senior Secretaries of Government of Orissa and officials from UNIDO.
As part of this programs & Clean Production Program for iron and steel Sector is being launched by IPICOL with OSIMA.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Bhubaneswar (Press Release): Climate change is probably the biggest threat ever the world is facing today and Orissa is no exception. Orissa is most prone to climate changes, primarily because of its geographical location. The state’s fluctuating weather conditions suggest that it is reeling under climatic chaos.
For more than a decade now, it experiencing an unprecedented rise in temperatures and for a region, which is otherwise known for its moderate temperature, this is a very alarming trend: from heat waves to cyclones: from droughts to floods. In the last four years, calamities have claimed more than 30,000 lives, which are not only becoming more frequent, but have hit areas that were never considered vulnerable.
This is part of the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) Program which provided the required institutional and legal framework and bringing momentum to the industrial growth in the state and improving the climate for socially & environmentally responsible investment with an overall goal of higher and pro-poor economic growth and employment in Orissa. This initiative has been funded by DFID through UNIDO.IPICOL is the nodal agency.
Clean Development Mechanism is one of the project based market mechanism under Kyoto Protocol. It leverages capital from the developed nations to reduce emissions in developing projects that has been lower emissions.
Keeping this in view a CDM cell was created in IPICOL with DFID support. The technical backstopping to this Cell was provided by CTRAN, a leading Carbon Asset Management Company. Subsequently DFID routed the finance to retain the services of the key experts through UNIDO.
The objective of the workshop is to chart out a clear strategy for climate change mitigation through cleaner production in industrial sectors.200 number of invitees are participating on the seminar to share this experience of clean production.
Academicians, experts from carbon funds and validation agencies will debate over 2 days to come out with a climate change action plan for the state by industries.
The workshop is being inaugurated by Honorable Minister for Department of Steel & Mines Mr. Raghunath Mohanty, Senior Secretaries of Government of Orissa and officials from UNIDO.
As part of this programs & Clean Production Program for iron and steel Sector is being launched by IPICOL with OSIMA.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
India says forests soak 10 percent emissions annually
Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:53am EDT
By Krittivas Mukherjee
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's forests are absorbing about 10 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) every year, the environment minister said on Tuesday.
Jairam Ramesh's announcement was India's first quantification of climate benefits from its forest cover, a move that could boost its demand for funds to fight global warming under a U.N. scheme.
Citing a new government study, he told parliament the plan was to protect and extend the forest cover beyond the present 65 million hectares, or about 20 percent of India's land. Last week, he said the government had allocated $200 million for the scheme.
"If we take the forestry cover further, then you can imagine how much green house gas emission we can absorb," he said.
India's total GHG emissions stood at 1,853 million metric tons equivalent of carbon dioxide, about 4.9 percent of global emissions in 2005, according to the World Resources Institute.
Forests soak up vast amounts of planet-warming CO2 and can act as a brake on climate change.
Under an emerging U.N. scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, or REDD, developing nations could potentially earn billions of dollars by setting aside and rehabilitating their forests.
The valuable carbon offsets they earn could be sold to rich nations to help them meet emissions goals under the program, likely to be part of a broader climate pact from 2013.
India is also trying to expand its forest cover by another six million hectares over the next six years. (Editing by Ron Popeski)
Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:53am EDT
By Krittivas Mukherjee
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's forests are absorbing about 10 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) every year, the environment minister said on Tuesday.
Jairam Ramesh's announcement was India's first quantification of climate benefits from its forest cover, a move that could boost its demand for funds to fight global warming under a U.N. scheme.
Citing a new government study, he told parliament the plan was to protect and extend the forest cover beyond the present 65 million hectares, or about 20 percent of India's land. Last week, he said the government had allocated $200 million for the scheme.
"If we take the forestry cover further, then you can imagine how much green house gas emission we can absorb," he said.
India's total GHG emissions stood at 1,853 million metric tons equivalent of carbon dioxide, about 4.9 percent of global emissions in 2005, according to the World Resources Institute.
Forests soak up vast amounts of planet-warming CO2 and can act as a brake on climate change.
Under an emerging U.N. scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, or REDD, developing nations could potentially earn billions of dollars by setting aside and rehabilitating their forests.
The valuable carbon offsets they earn could be sold to rich nations to help them meet emissions goals under the program, likely to be part of a broader climate pact from 2013.
India is also trying to expand its forest cover by another six million hectares over the next six years. (Editing by Ron Popeski)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
India to assess climate gain; pump millions in forests
India to assess climate gain; pump millions in forests
Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:41pm EDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will spend some $200 million to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon emission is being captured by its green cover, the environment minister said on Friday.
Jairam Ramesh said the money would go into conserving and restoring unique vegetation, controlling forest fires and strengthening forestry infrastructure, among other goals.
"This reflects the high priority that the prime minister accords to the renewal of our forestry establishment which is critical in our climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts," he said.
Forestry forms an important part of international negotiations for a new U.N. climate change deal in December, and India says efforts to conserve and increase forest cover should be considered as vital as reducing deforestation.
Forests soak up vast amounts of planet-warming CO2 and can act as a brake on climate change.
Under an emerging U.N. scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, or REDD, developing nations could potentially earn billions of dollars by setting aside and rehabilitating their forests.
The valuable carbon offsets they earn could be sold to rich nations to help them meet their emissions goals under the scheme that is likely to be part of a broader climate pact from 2013.
Ramesh said India would announce on August 10 the results of a study into how much emissions were being captured by India's forests. The quantification could bolster India's demand for money for afforestation efforts under REDD.
"We have for the first time estimated how much of our emission is being captured by the forest cover," he said.
About 65 million hectares, or 20 percent of India's land, is under forest cover. Ramesh said the cover would be extended by another six million hectares over the next six years.
Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:41pm EDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will spend some $200 million to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon emission is being captured by its green cover, the environment minister said on Friday.
Jairam Ramesh said the money would go into conserving and restoring unique vegetation, controlling forest fires and strengthening forestry infrastructure, among other goals.
"This reflects the high priority that the prime minister accords to the renewal of our forestry establishment which is critical in our climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts," he said.
Forestry forms an important part of international negotiations for a new U.N. climate change deal in December, and India says efforts to conserve and increase forest cover should be considered as vital as reducing deforestation.
Forests soak up vast amounts of planet-warming CO2 and can act as a brake on climate change.
Under an emerging U.N. scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, or REDD, developing nations could potentially earn billions of dollars by setting aside and rehabilitating their forests.
The valuable carbon offsets they earn could be sold to rich nations to help them meet their emissions goals under the scheme that is likely to be part of a broader climate pact from 2013.
Ramesh said India would announce on August 10 the results of a study into how much emissions were being captured by India's forests. The quantification could bolster India's demand for money for afforestation efforts under REDD.
"We have for the first time estimated how much of our emission is being captured by the forest cover," he said.
About 65 million hectares, or 20 percent of India's land, is under forest cover. Ramesh said the cover would be extended by another six million hectares over the next six years.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Carbon credit biz feels meltdown heat
24 Oct 2008, 0147 hrs IST, Nitin Sethi, TNN
NEW DELHI: With developed economies staring at a recession, talks of the global financial meltdown forcing climate change negotiations into a free Carbon credit business fells heat Collateral Damageze have gained ground.
The collateral damage from the financial contagion closest home could be to India’s carbon trade that has already locked in investments generating 31 million carbon credits annually up to 2012. Other projects worth 439 million credits that are in the pipeline could now come under the cloud.
The negotiations, meant to hammer out new targets for rich countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 (although the rich nations want the developing ones to cut as well), could suffer a double whammy of a sharp decline in oil prices and the global financial bust.
Besides the carbon market taking a hit in India the entire move towards renewable energy could also suffer with the price of the alternative — oil — now crashing back to the US $60-70 a barrel band.
Initial signs that the deal, to be signed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by 2009, could fall into a black hole came with a recent embarrassment for EU. The host nation for the next meeting of 180 plus countries in December 2008, Poland has revolted against EU’s climate change proposals agreed to earlier.
24 Oct 2008, 0147 hrs IST, Nitin Sethi, TNN
NEW DELHI: With developed economies staring at a recession, talks of the global financial meltdown forcing climate change negotiations into a free Carbon credit business fells heat Collateral Damageze have gained ground.
The collateral damage from the financial contagion closest home could be to India’s carbon trade that has already locked in investments generating 31 million carbon credits annually up to 2012. Other projects worth 439 million credits that are in the pipeline could now come under the cloud.
The negotiations, meant to hammer out new targets for rich countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 (although the rich nations want the developing ones to cut as well), could suffer a double whammy of a sharp decline in oil prices and the global financial bust.
Besides the carbon market taking a hit in India the entire move towards renewable energy could also suffer with the price of the alternative — oil — now crashing back to the US $60-70 a barrel band.
Initial signs that the deal, to be signed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by 2009, could fall into a black hole came with a recent embarrassment for EU. The host nation for the next meeting of 180 plus countries in December 2008, Poland has revolted against EU’s climate change proposals agreed to earlier.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
“Forging a Frontier: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008”
May 27, 2008
5:00 pm
Hosted by: JP Morgan
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Speakers & Panelists to include:
Katherine Hamilton (Ecosystem Marketplace)
Milo Sjardin (New Carbon Finance)
Michael Jenkins (Forest Trends)
Reiner Musier (APX)
Catherine Flax (JP Morgan Chase)
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Please respond via email to Carlee Warner at the address below as soon as possible to secure your seat. We look forward to hearing from you!
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May 27, 2008
5:00 pm
Hosted by: JP Morgan
JP Morgan Offices
270 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Speakers & Panelists to include:
Katherine Hamilton (Ecosystem Marketplace)
Milo Sjardin (New Carbon Finance)
Michael Jenkins (Forest Trends)
Reiner Musier (APX)
Catherine Flax (JP Morgan Chase)
TBD (Ecosecurities)
TBD (Evolution)
TBD (MGM International)
AGENDA
5:30 – Presentation &
Panel Discussion
6:30 – Cocktail & Reception
7:30 – End
We can only guarantee a seat for the first 100 people who RSVP.
Please respond via email to Carlee Warner at the address below as soon as possible to secure your seat. We look forward to hearing from you!
For a free copy of the report please visit: www.ecosystemmarketplace.com and www.newcarbonfinance.com
Sincerely,
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New Energy Finance Ltd
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
ndia demands change in the definition of forest
24 Feb 2008, 1430 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: India has asked the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board, set up under the Kyoto Protocol, to change the definition of "forest" for the country so as to encourage small farmers to take up the projects in the forestry sector.
As per current definition of a "forest", only that project can be qualified for the CDM provided it is grown within the 30 per cent crown density in an area of 0.05 hectares with tree height of five metres.
"Now we have requested the concerned body to relax the definition for forests making it 15 per cent crown density with two metres height for trees, with the land area remaining at 0.05 hectares," R K Sethi, Chairman of the CDM Executive Board said.
"The change in definition is being sought given that small communities and farmers are not able to take up afforestation and take the benefits of growing carbon credits market," he said.
India is a global leader in CDM projects but none is from the forestry sector, Sethi pointed.
The new norms if approved would help the local farmers to grow dwarf varieties of tree alongside the seasonal crops - ensuring that they do not have to give away their agricultural income.
"The small varieties of trees would take less time and earn carbon credits fast," he said.
24 Feb 2008, 1430 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: India has asked the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board, set up under the Kyoto Protocol, to change the definition of "forest" for the country so as to encourage small farmers to take up the projects in the forestry sector.
As per current definition of a "forest", only that project can be qualified for the CDM provided it is grown within the 30 per cent crown density in an area of 0.05 hectares with tree height of five metres.
"Now we have requested the concerned body to relax the definition for forests making it 15 per cent crown density with two metres height for trees, with the land area remaining at 0.05 hectares," R K Sethi, Chairman of the CDM Executive Board said.
"The change in definition is being sought given that small communities and farmers are not able to take up afforestation and take the benefits of growing carbon credits market," he said.
India is a global leader in CDM projects but none is from the forestry sector, Sethi pointed.
The new norms if approved would help the local farmers to grow dwarf varieties of tree alongside the seasonal crops - ensuring that they do not have to give away their agricultural income.
"The small varieties of trees would take less time and earn carbon credits fast," he said.
India, China to work on `carbon sinks`
Aasha Khosa / New Delhi March 09, 2008
Having pushed the idea that countries should be compensated for conservation of forests at the UN convention on climate change at Bali, India is once again in a leading role to make this happen.
New Delhi has invited China, that had supported India’s idea vociferously, and all other developing nations to a two-day meet where scientists and policy makers are discussing ways to quantify ‘carbon sinks’ — which in the layman’s terms means the amounts of harmful green house gases (GHG) that a particular forest has guzzled up and thereby helped climate change mitigation.
The international workshop on “developing methodology for assessment of enhancement of forest carbon stocks due to conservation, sustainable management of forests and increase in forest cover” organised by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, saw scientists from China, Bhutan Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea converge at New Delhi.
Brazil, which supports a variation of the same idea on compensating forest cover gave the conference a miss. So did Indonesia, which has sizable stocks of forests.
Jagdish Kishwan, director general, ICFRE, said the meeting would aim at converging all available technologies to adopt a common approach to quantify carbon sinks.
Says Kishwan, who was present at Bali: A study by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science has reported that India would increase its carbon stocks from forests to 9.75 billion tonnes in 2030 from the present level of 8.79 billion tonnes.
The figures are an approximate assessment of the carbon worth of the forests in India. The government wants to identify a methodology acceptable to the world to measure the carbon stocks available in the forests.
The UN Inter-government Panel on Climate Change has in place a regime of compensation for reduction of GHG emissions by companies in the developed countries. They can buy ‘carbon credits’ from the companies of developing countries in case they are unable to meet their targets.
India and China are claiming to have recorded an increase in their green cover and want a similar regime for compensating forest cover.
The scientists at the meet said while the modern satellite-based and remote sensing techniques were helpful and affordable, the cost of hiring experts and data analysts was likely to grow.
Jiang Chungian, head of the Research Institute of Chinese Forestry, Beijing, said China and India would continue to remain partners in their common strategy at the global conference on climate change.
Aasha Khosa / New Delhi March 09, 2008
Having pushed the idea that countries should be compensated for conservation of forests at the UN convention on climate change at Bali, India is once again in a leading role to make this happen.
New Delhi has invited China, that had supported India’s idea vociferously, and all other developing nations to a two-day meet where scientists and policy makers are discussing ways to quantify ‘carbon sinks’ — which in the layman’s terms means the amounts of harmful green house gases (GHG) that a particular forest has guzzled up and thereby helped climate change mitigation.
The international workshop on “developing methodology for assessment of enhancement of forest carbon stocks due to conservation, sustainable management of forests and increase in forest cover” organised by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, saw scientists from China, Bhutan Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea converge at New Delhi.
Brazil, which supports a variation of the same idea on compensating forest cover gave the conference a miss. So did Indonesia, which has sizable stocks of forests.
Jagdish Kishwan, director general, ICFRE, said the meeting would aim at converging all available technologies to adopt a common approach to quantify carbon sinks.
Says Kishwan, who was present at Bali: A study by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science has reported that India would increase its carbon stocks from forests to 9.75 billion tonnes in 2030 from the present level of 8.79 billion tonnes.
The figures are an approximate assessment of the carbon worth of the forests in India. The government wants to identify a methodology acceptable to the world to measure the carbon stocks available in the forests.
The UN Inter-government Panel on Climate Change has in place a regime of compensation for reduction of GHG emissions by companies in the developed countries. They can buy ‘carbon credits’ from the companies of developing countries in case they are unable to meet their targets.
India and China are claiming to have recorded an increase in their green cover and want a similar regime for compensating forest cover.
The scientists at the meet said while the modern satellite-based and remote sensing techniques were helpful and affordable, the cost of hiring experts and data analysts was likely to grow.
Jiang Chungian, head of the Research Institute of Chinese Forestry, Beijing, said China and India would continue to remain partners in their common strategy at the global conference on climate change.
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