REDD+ is an important climate change mitigation option by incentivizing the developing countries for reducing emission from deforestation, forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks through various forest conservation activities and policy measures. The aims of REDD+ initiative is to lower the rate of deforestation and forest degradation as well as to sequester more carbon through sustainable management of forests for mitigating climate change.
Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has released National REDD+ Strategy with the broad objectives to create REDD+ architecture at National and Sub-National levels. The National REDD+ Strategy lays emphasis on development of State REDD+ Action Plan for implementation of National REDD+ Strategy at state level.
