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IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEFENITION OF FORESTS IN

UTTARANCHAL

Rajendra Singh BishtConservator of ForestsYamuna Circle, Dehradun

DEFENITION

• FORESTS: Minimum

• Land area 0.05 ha,

• crown density 0.3

• and tree height 5 mts

• Additionality criteria for A&R projects

U T T A R A N C H A L

FOREST AND NON-FOREST LAND IN UTTARANCHAL

Forest Area65%

Non-Forest Land35%

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Forestry- the basic facts - 2FOREST AND NON-FOREST LAND IN UTTARANCHAL

Non-Forest Land35.2%

With Forest Deptt.44.9%

Private Forests0.1% Municipal & Cantt.

Forests0.1%

Panchayati Forests9.8%

Civil-Soyam Forest9.6%

Other Forests0.3%

FOREST LAND UNDER PAs & OUTSIDE

PAs19%

Outside PAs81%

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CHIEF FACTORS AFFECTING FOREST MANAGEMENT IN

UTTARANCHAL

• Conservation Forestry over 1000 mts. Msl.• Foothills & Tarai under production forestry• Hills under conservation forestr• Forest Fires• Resource availability for VPs./JFMCs on

sustained basis.• Forest based Economic activities/Forest

based industries

IMPLECATIONS

• Existing forests including more than 12000 van panchayats and PAs , though acting as carbon sink but are not covered.

• Density improvement if forests not covered• Farm forestry/agroforestry(Tillage/fertiliser

application etc.)• Most of the orchards excluded. • Conservation approach in hills no

incentive

• Thrust on forest based livelihood issues in Uttaranchal

• use of taxus baccata leaves

• use of tejpat leaves

• use of seabuckthorn fruits

• use of Jaitropha fruits for biodiesel

• Problems in calculating the base line

• Research institutes should come to help especially in soil carbon analysis

• There is no data available for carbon flux measurement.

Present Status in Uttaranchal

• Projects submitted • afforestation reforestation project betalghat• small micro hydel power project• Project in final stage• solar power heating in FRH• VILLAGE ENERGY SECURITY SYSTEM• WATER MILLS• FOREST BIOMASS BRICKETS PROJECT

THANKS