{"id":205836,"date":"2022-09-14T18:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205836"},"modified":"2022-09-14T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:14:39","slug":"us-india-launch-new-initiative-to-increase-tree-coverage-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/us-india-launch-new-initiative-to-increase-tree-coverage-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"US, India launch new initiative to increase tree coverage in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The post is based on the artic<\/span>le<b> \u201cUS, India launch new initiative to increase tree coverage in India\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>The Print <\/b>on<b> 12th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, the Government of India and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the launch of the \u201cTrees Outside Forests in India\u201d Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Trees Outside Forests in India Initiative?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To increase tree coverage outside of forest lands in India in a bid to support global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The programme will bring together farmers, companies and private institutions in India to rapidly expand tree coverage outside of traditional forests by 28 lakh hectares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It will use innovative financing models and leverage India\u2019s private sector to promote tree-based enterprises, helping to create sustainable markets and improve rural economies and livelihoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Implementation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The program will be i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mplemented by a consortium led by the Center for International Forestry Research(CIFOR) and World Agroforestry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Coverage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The program will be implemented in seven states including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The program will enhance carbon sequestration, support local communities and strengthen the climate resilience of agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cUS, India launch new initiative to increase tree coverage in India\u201d published in The Print on 12th September 2022. What is the News? The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, the Government of India and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the launch&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/us-india-launch-new-initiative-to-increase-tree-coverage-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US, India launch new initiative to increase tree coverage in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,956,9],"tags":[10599],"class_list":["post-205836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-the-print","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}