{"id":54270,"date":"2020-01-04T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54270"},"modified":"2020-02-26T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:35:58","slug":"7-pm-what-carbon-numbers-mean-for-climate-target-on-release-of-forest-survey-of-india-report-4th-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-what-carbon-numbers-mean-for-climate-target-on-release-of-forest-survey-of-india-report-4th-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"7 PM |What carbon numbers mean for climate target: On release of Forest Survey of India Report| 4th January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Context:\n<\/strong>The\nrecent India State of Forest Report (ISFR) and the carbon stocks in Indian\nForests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More\nin news:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India State of Forest Report 2019 has\nbeen prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI).<\/li><li>Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on\nDecember 30, 2019, released a report depicting forest cover in India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India\nState of Forest Report 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India State of Forest Report 2019 has\nbeen prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI). It is a biannual report. <\/li><li>The report is prepared after mapping of\nforests and trees through satellite. <\/li><li>Since 1987, 15 such assessments have\nbeen completed and the current assessment is the 16th in the series.<\/li><li><strong>Methodology:<\/strong><\/li><li>In\ntune with the Government of India\u2019s vision of Digital India, FSI\u2019s assessment\nis largely based on digital data whether it is satellite data, vector\nboundaries of districts or data processing of field measurements.<\/li><li>The\nreport provides information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover,\ngrowing stock inside and outside the forest areas, carbon stock in India\u2019s\nforests, Forest Types and Biodiversity, Forest Fire monitoring and forest cover\nin different slopes &amp; altitudes. <\/li><li>Special\nthematic information on forest cover such as hill, tribal districts, and north\neastern region has also been given separately in the report.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\nfindings of the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1-2.jpg?resize=326%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54271\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The total forest\ncover of the country is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographical area\nof the country. The tree cover of the country is estimated as 95,027 sq km\nwhich is 2.89% of the geographical area.<\/li><li>In terms of canopy density classes, area\ncovered by Very Dense Forest (VDF) is 99,278 sq km (3.02%), Moderately Dense Forest\n(MDF) is 3,08,472 sq km (9.39%) and Open Forest (OF) is 3,04,499 sq km (9.26%).<\/li><li>The current assessment shows an increase\nof 3,976 sq km (0.56%) of forest cover, 1,212 sq km (1.29%) of tree cover and\n5,188 sq km (0.65%) of forest and tree cover put together, at the national\nlevel as compared to the previous assessment i.e. ISFR 2017.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-2.jpg?resize=282%2C276&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"http:\/\/164.100.117.97\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002L3UA.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-54272\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The top five States in terms of increase\nin forest cover are Karnataka (1,025 sq km), Andhra Pradesh (990 sq km), Kerala\n(823 sq km), Jammu &amp; Kashmir (371 sq km) and Himachal Pradesh (334 sq km).<\/li><li>Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest\nforest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha\nand Maharashtra. <\/li><li>In terms of forest cover as percentage\nof total geographical area, the top five States are Mizoram (85.41%), Arunachal\nPradesh (79.63%), Meghalaya (76.33%), Manipur (75.46%) and Nagaland (75.31%).<\/li><li><strong>Decline\nin forest cover of Hilly areas:<\/strong> <\/li><li>The\ntotal forest cover in the tribal districts is 4,22,351 sq km, which is 37.54%\nof the geographical area of these districts. The current assessment shows a\ndecrease of 741 sq km of forest cover.<\/li><li>Total\nforest cover in the North Eastern region is 1,70,541 sq km, which is 65.05% of\nits geographical area. The current assessment shows a decrease of forest cover\nto the extent of 765 sq km (0.45%) in the region. Except Assam and Tripura, all\nthe States in the region show decrease in forest cover.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3-1.jpg?resize=332%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"http:\/\/164.100.117.97\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image003MFDI.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-54273\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mangrooves:\n<\/strong><\/li><li>Mangrove\ncover has been separately reported in the ISFR 2019 and the total mangrove\ncover in the country is 4,975 sq km. <\/li><li>An\nincrease of 54 sq Km in mangrove cover has been observed as compared to the\nprevious assessment of 2017. <\/li><li>Top\nthree states showing mangrove cover increase are Gujarat (37 sq km) followed by\nMaharashtra (16 sq km) and Odisha (8 sq km).<\/li><li><strong>Bamboo\nResources of the country:<\/strong><\/li><li>Bamboos\nare one of the fastest growing perennial plants in the world. Large tracts of\nnatural bamboo forest are found in tropical Asian countries between 15\u00b0 and 25\u00b0\nNorth latitudes. In India, bamboo grows naturally almost throughout the country\nexcept in Kashmir region.<\/li><li>The\nextent of bamboo bearing area of the country has been estimated 16.00 million\nhectare. <\/li><li>There\nis an increase of 0.32 million hectare in bamboo bearing area as compared to\nthe last assessment of ISFR 2017. <\/li><li>The\ntotal estimated green weight of bamboo culms is 278 million tonnes, slowly an\nincrease of 88 million tonnes as compared to ISFR 2017.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carbon\nStock in India\u2019s Forests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Forests play an important role in\nmitigation and adaptation to climate change. Forests are considered as sink,\nreservoir and source of carbon. Healthy and growing forests sequester and store\nmore carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem. Carbon sequestration by\nforests has attracted much interest globally as it is a relatively inexpensive\nmeans of mitigation of climate change.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/4.jpg?resize=347%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/01\/carbon1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-54274\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India is committed at the highest level\nto meet its commitments under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)\nmade to the international community under the Paris Agreement (2015). According\nto the forestry target under NDC, India has committed to create additional\ncarbon sink of 2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes of CO2 eq through additional forest\nand tree cover by 2030.<\/li><li>Under the current assessment the total\ncarbon stock in country\u2019s forest is estimated 7,124.6 million tonnes and there\nan increase of 42.6 million tonnes in the carbon stock of country as compared\nto the last assessment of 2017. <\/li><li>The annual increase in the carbon stock\nis 21.3 million tonnes, which is 78.2 million tonnes CO2 eq.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenge\nin meeting the targets of INDCs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An assessment by the Forest Survey of\nIndia (FSI) last year had projected that, by 2030, the carbon stock in forests\nas well as tree cover was likely to reach 31.87 billion tonnes of carbon\ndioxide equivalent in the business as usual scenario. <\/li><li>An additional 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of\nsink, as India has promised to do, would mean taking the size of the sink close\nto 35 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.<\/li><li>Considering the rate of growth of the\ncarbon sink in the last few years, that is quite a stiff target India has set\nfor itself. In the last two years, the carbon sink has grown by just about\n0.6%%. <\/li><li>Even compared to 2005, the size of\ncarbon sink has increased by barely 7.5%. <\/li><li>To meet its NDC target, even with most\noptimistic estimates of carbon stock trapped in trees outside of forest areas,\nthe sink has to grow by at least 15% to 20% over the next ten-year period.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Way\nForward:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The shortfall of 0.25 billion tonnes and\n0.75 billion tonnes of CO2 eq against the target of 2.5 &#8211; 3.0 billion tonnes\nrespectively can be achieved by activities such as restoration of open forests\nand afforestation on different kinds of available lands like wastelands,\nagro-forestry, along national &amp; State highways, railway siding, urban\nlandscapes etc. <\/li><li>The study further shows that restoration\nof open forests is the most cost effective strategy to achieve the NDC target\nand at the same time it holds large potential of creating additional carbon\nsink.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/state-of-forest-report-2019-what-carbon-numbers-mean-for-climate-target-6201273\/\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/state-of-forest-report-2019-what-carbon-numbers-mean-for-climate-target-6201273\/<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: The recent India State of Forest Report (ISFR) and the carbon stocks in Indian Forests. More in news: India State of Forest Report 2019 has been prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI). Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on December 30, 2019, released a report depicting forest cover in India. 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