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NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY 
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NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY 
INTRODUCTION 
Climate change due to accelerated Green 
House Gases (GHGs) emission has become 
one of the toughest challenges of the 
present.  
Deforestation and forest degradation is a major 
source of CO
2
 (an important Green House 
Gas) emission.  
Forests are both a source as well as the most 
effective carbon sink, offering great 
mitigation and adaptation potential. 
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NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY 
INTRODUCTION 
Climate change due to accelerated Green 
House Gases (GHGs) emission has become 
one of the toughest challenges of the 
present.  
Deforestation and forest degradation is a major 
source of CO
2
 (an important Green House 
Gas) emission.  
Forests are both a source as well as the most 
effective carbon sink, offering great 
mitigation and adaptation potential. 
 
REDD+ 
 
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest 
Degradation (REDD+) under UNFCCC is a global 
endeavour to use carbon sequestration 
potential of the forests to manage climate 
change within accepted limits of tolerance. 
In simple terms, REDD+ means “Reducing 
Emissions from Deforestation and forest 
Degradation”, conservation of forest carbon 
stocks, sustainable management of forests, and 
enhancement of forest carbon stocks in 
developing countries. 
 REDD+ aims to achieve climate change mitigation 
by incentivizing forest conservation. 
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NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY 
INTRODUCTION 
Climate change due to accelerated Green 
House Gases (GHGs) emission has become 
one of the toughest challenges of the 
present.  
Deforestation and forest degradation is a major 
source of CO
2
 (an important Green House 
Gas) emission.  
Forests are both a source as well as the most 
effective carbon sink, offering great 
mitigation and adaptation potential. 
 
REDD+ 
 
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest 
Degradation (REDD+) under UNFCCC is a global 
endeavour to use carbon sequestration 
potential of the forests to manage climate 
change within accepted limits of tolerance. 
In simple terms, REDD+ means “Reducing 
Emissions from Deforestation and forest 
Degradation”, conservation of forest carbon 
stocks, sustainable management of forests, and 
enhancement of forest carbon stocks in 
developing countries. 
 REDD+ aims to achieve climate change mitigation 
by incentivizing forest conservation. 
 
REDD+ 
 
Carbon sequestration is one of the ecosystem 
services flowing from forests, in addition to 
biodiversity conservation; maintaining water 
cycle and soil fertility; livelihood supports to 
local communities.  
There is a need to recognise the carbon function of 
the forests and develop a fair, transparent and 
participatory mechanism to share the financial 
benefits arising out of national and international 
mitigation and adaptation programmes with the 
local communities participating in the 
conservation efforts. 
 
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NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY 
INTRODUCTION 
Climate change due to accelerated Green 
House Gases (GHGs) emission has become 
one of the toughest challenges of the 
present.  
Deforestation and forest degradation is a major 
source of CO
2
 (an important Green House 
Gas) emission.  
Forests are both a source as well as the most 
effective carbon sink, offering great 
mitigation and adaptation potential. 
 
REDD+ 
 
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest 
Degradation (REDD+) under UNFCCC is a global 
endeavour to use carbon sequestration 
potential of the forests to manage climate 
change within accepted limits of tolerance. 
In simple terms, REDD+ means “Reducing 
Emissions from Deforestation and forest 
Degradation”, conservation of forest carbon 
stocks, sustainable management of forests, and 
enhancement of forest carbon stocks in 
developing countries. 
 REDD+ aims to achieve climate change mitigation 
by incentivizing forest conservation. 
 
REDD+ 
 
Carbon sequestration is one of the ecosystem 
services flowing from forests, in addition to 
biodiversity conservation; maintaining water 
cycle and soil fertility; livelihood supports to 
local communities.  
There is a need to recognise the carbon function of 
the forests and develop a fair, transparent and 
participatory mechanism to share the financial 
benefits arising out of national and international 
mitigation and adaptation programmes with the 
local communities participating in the 
conservation efforts. 
 
REDD+ HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 
In COP 11, Montreal in 2005, a coalition of nine 
rainforest nations, headed by Papua New Guinea and 
Costa Rica, sought attention to the growing threat of 
deforestation, and introduced the concept of reducing 
emission from deforestation (RED). 
 At COP 12, 2006 at Nairobi, India proposed a new policy 
approach namely, ‘Compensated Conservation’ 
intended to compensate the countries for maintaining 
and increasing carbon pools of their forests as a result 
of conservation and increase/improvement in forest 
cover backed by a verifiable monitoring system.