Reforestation of Degraded Land in India

Description

India

Supporting local farmers through reforestation efforts

This project involves carbon sequestration of degraded lands through reforestation activities. Many discrete parcels of degraded land that is owned by small and poor farmers/ tribal who do not have the capability of plantation without any external financial support and technical guidance are reforested under Farm Forestry Scheme. The project encompasses 12,437 parcels of land measuring 14,969.46 hectares owned by 12,002 farmers distributed in seven districts across three states Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, majority being in Odisha which constitutes almost 83% area of the project, 14% in Andhra Pradesh and only 3% in Chhattisgarh.