Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
means of promoting sustainable development along with respect for ecological
constraints; and also in the National Policy for Farmers, 2007 that focuses on
sustainable development of agriculture. The NAPCC provides a sharper focus on
eight areas and provides for implementation of initiatives – either mitigation and
adaptation to combat climate change. The NAPCC is supplemented by actions at
the State and local level through individual State Action Plan on Climate Change
(SAPCC). There have been efforts to integrate climate change issues into the state
planning process and involve multi-stakeholders (NGOs, private sector, etc) to
drive implementation at local levels.
India’s INDC to UNFCCC mentions “vulnerabilities in India differ among states,
among regions and among different groups of people within the same region due
to substantial variations in topography, climatic conditions, ecosystems as well
as diversity in its social structures, economic conditions and needs of different
communities.”
3.1 The National Mission for Green India (GIM) 17
The National Mission for Green India or Green India Mission is one of the eight
Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
It aims at protecting; restoring and enhancing India’s diminishing forest
cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and
mitigation measures. It envisages a holistic view of greening and focuses on
multiple ecosystem services, especially, biodiversity, water, biomass, preserving
mangroves, wetlands, critical habitats, etc. along with carbon sequestration
as a co-benefit. This mission has adopted an integrated cross-sector approach
as it will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with local
communities playing a key role in planning, decision making, implementation
and monitoring. The stated Goals of Mission are:
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To increase forest/tree cover to the extent of 5 million hectares (mha) and improve
quality of forest/tree cover on another 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands
To improve/enhance ecosystem services like carbon sequestration and storage
(in forests and other ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along
with provisioning services like fuel, fodder, and timber and non-timber forest
produces (NTFPs);
To increase forest based livelihood income of about 3 million households
Annexures
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