Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) projects focus on establishing new forests or restoring degraded land by planting trees and implementing soil conservation practices.
By increasing forest cover, ARR projects enhance carbon sequestration, improve soil health, and promote ecosystem resilience. These projects often involve community engagement, land-use planning, and monitoring to ensure the forested areas' successful establishment and long-term sustainability.
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ARR sequesters carbon in the tree’s biomass. ARR provides several notable benefits:
Not only can afforestation and reforestation projects promote carbon sequestration goals, but they can also help forests by enhancing landscape connectivity, and reducing fragmentation. Additionally, afforestation and reforestation can:
Protect natural resources, and regulate water flow through the forest’s hydrological-related ecosystem services, storm flow regulation, and erosion control.
The large-scale implementation of ARR requires the recruitment of landowners to implement forestry practices on their land. This can be time-consuming, expensive, and difficult in terms of physical labor.
The forest design must consider biodiversity and water yield aspects to ensure spatial alignment and effective planning of its components.
Some of the current methodologies used in the VCM can be found below:
As of May 2023, a large number of projects, 290, are registered under Verra, Gold Standard with 47 has the second largest number of projects, CAR and ACR stand with 14 and 11 projects, respectively. The total number of credits issued is almost 60 million, most of them concentrated in South America, with Uruguay as the main reference, and East Asia, with China as the main promoter of this type of projects. In the South American country, reforestation and afforestation with eminently productive objectives predominate, while in China there is a greater diversity of objectives in these actions, with projects with both productive and protection objectives.
Punjab, primarily an agricultural region, relies heavily on a traditional rice-wheat cropping system that has been crucial for India's food security. However, certain areas are experiencing challenges such as nutrient depletion, declining groundwater levels, and increased pests and diseases due to overexploitation. These issues highlight the need to transition from the current cropping system.
Agroforestry has emerged as a promising alternative to diversify from the conventional rice-wheat rotation. This sector currently supplies over 80% of the country's wood and wood products, with 6% coming from natural forests and 12% through imports. In Punjab, agroforestry not only supplements farm income through carbon revenue but also addresses the socio-economic needs of farming communities. It aims to empower and uplift their livelihoods, significantly contributing to climate resilience. Various tree species, both native and non-native, are cultivated across Punjab's diverse agro-climatic zones, enhancing biodiversity. Agroforestry meets the rising demand for timber and tree-based products while simultaneously conserving and rehabilitating ecosystems.
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