The protection and revival of degraded and deforested land is the need of the hour. In order to tackle the issues that arise as a consequence of degradation and deforestation, principles of forest landscape restoration are being globally promoted. The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. The government of India made a Bonn Challenge pledge to bring under restoration 13 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 and an additional 8 million hectares by 2030. This report highlights the progress the country has made towards the pledge. Data was collected from government agencies, private companies and non-governmental organisations on their restoration efforts. Although not an exhaustive list, the data reveals patterns and provides a glimpse into the country’s different initiatives towards restoration.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/bonn-challenge-and-india-progress-restoration-efforts-across-states-and-landscapes
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/iucn
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/joint-forest-management-jfm
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grasslands
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests