{"id":87072,"date":"2019-12-16T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12386"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:06:08","slug":"planting-trees-managing-plastic-waste-helping-this-kerala-village-to-become-carbon-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/planting-trees-managing-plastic-waste-helping-this-kerala-village-to-become-carbon-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting trees, managing plastic waste helping this Kerala village to become carbon-neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Meenagnadi village panchayat, Wayanad, Kerala has taken initiative to become a carbon-neutral village<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;<strong>Carbon-neutral Meenangadi project:<\/strong> Started in 2016, it involves afforestation programs, recycling of plastic waste, providing lower-emission cooking stoves.<\/li><li><strong>Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development in Majuli\u2019 (SACReD, Majuli)<\/strong>: it was launched by Assam government in 2016. It seeks to make Majuli, India\u2019s first carbon-neutral district by 2020.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carbon Neutrality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It refers to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. It can be achieved through a reduction in Co2 emissions and\/or carbon offsetting.<\/li><li>Carbon offsetting means compensating for carbon-dioxide pollution by preventing pollution somewhere else. Example: investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, low carbon technologies, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Carbon sink is any system that absorbs more carbon than it emits. The main natural carbon sinks are soil, forests and oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Majuli, located within Brahmaputra River, is the biggest river island in the world.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Meenagnadi village panchayat, Wayanad, Kerala has taken initiative to become a carbon-neutral village Facts: &nbsp;Carbon-neutral Meenangadi project: Started in 2016, it involves afforestation programs, recycling of plastic waste, providing lower-emission cooking stoves. Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development in Majuli\u2019 (SACReD, Majuli): it was launched by Assam government in 2016. It seeks to make&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/planting-trees-managing-plastic-waste-helping-this-kerala-village-to-become-carbon-neutral\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Planting trees, managing plastic waste helping this Kerala village to become carbon-neutral<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4814],"class_list":["post-87072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-carbon-neutrality","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704717036},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87072","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}