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ECOSYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT: CONTEXT OF FORESTRY SECTOR BUSINESS
CONTINUITY RESILIENCE
DR. ANIL KUMAR GUPTAPROJECT DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE ON CLIMATE
RESILIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI
SFDRR Operational Needs
Translating CCA—DRR Convergence to National / sub-national and local DRR /Development frameworks
Disaster Risk Management Plans –National /state, local, sector specific, department specific, etc.
Issues for Forestry
Forests and Forestry in South Asia
Ecosystem Services / Conservation forests
Forestry as Business
Forest Research and Social Forestry
Forest Products (Non-timber)
Mainstreaming Forestry into Development
Forestry other than timber…
NTFP (Leaves, Bark, Gum, Resin, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Mushrooms, ….)
Raw material for paper, plywood and charcoal industry
Animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries
Agriculture (Agro-forestry), fodder, other forest services to agro-ecosystems
Livelihoods / Employment
Tourism (ecotourism)
Climate change mitigation / Green economy
Wasteland reclamation / Land-degradation control
Climate and Disaster Resilience
Disasters (Floods, Drought, Heat, Forest Fire, Cyclone/Windstorms, Pest attack, Man-animal conflict, etc)
Earthquake, Fore etc. (affecting Industry/business/people)
SFDRR, Paris Climate Agreement and SDGs DM Policy and DM Act (India), DM Plan Prime Minister’s Agenda 10 on DRM
Every sector to imbibe principles of DRM DM Plan of the Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate
Change
Entities for DRR and DM Plan
Forest research institutes/labs Forest Nurseries Timber Depo Forest strands / Blocks PAs (NPs, WLSs, Tiger Reserves, Zoo, etc.) Forest roads, Hotels/Resorts, Picnic areas, etc. Multi-hazard risk management plan Changing climatic scenarios and biodiversity
Components of Resilience
Disaster damage to forests/ecosystems (Phani, Kerala floods, Uttarakhand floods, Kaziranga floods, ….) PDNA?
Loss of carbon sequestration, Loss of sink: Loss of GHG mitigation investments
Pre-disaster (early warning – projections/prediction, forecasting), risk mitigation, Preparedness
Climate change implications – geographical / temporal shifts, seasonality, Species composition, Production/yield challenges, etc.
During Disasters???? Post-flood (Rehabilitation, Recovery) Future risk
mitigation
Forestry Sector DRR
Forestry as Component of Development Forestry as Business Forestry protection from Disasters Forestry preparedness to help in disasters Ensure forestry do no aggravate disaster
related hazards and vulnerabilities