Activities.
- Climate vulnerability analysis and mapping for Assam’s forests completed.
- Climate Mitigation Strategy for Assam’s Forests and Biodiversity reviewed and finalized.
- Report on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework for carbon emissions for Assam reviewed and finalized.
- Report on Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) baseline for Assam’s forests reviewed and finalized.
- Workshop on climate vulnerability assessment and carbon financing for forest frontline staff facilitated at Assam Forest School on 25-26 September 2024
- Dissemination workshop organized on 2 March 2025 in Guwahati where all findings were shared with stakeholders and MoU was signed with TERI and VnV Advisory to start carbon finance and REDD+ projects
Climate Change: Carbon finance (ARR) and REDD+ projects under APFBC II
(a)During the Project Dissemination Workshop on 2 March 2025 in Guwahati, two tripartite MoUs were signed to undertake projects on Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) based carbon finance, and REDD+ under APFBC II.
(b)The APFBC II (Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department) is the Project Proponent for the proposed projects, with TERI being the Carbon Expert and the VnV Advisory Pte. Ltd. as the Funding Agency.
(c) In both the proposed projects, the restoration and forest conservation undertaken by the department would enable generation of carbon credits, the benefits of which would also percolate to the forest fringe communities
(b)The APFBC II (Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department) is the Project Proponent for the proposed projects, with TERI being the Carbon Expert and the VnV Advisory Pte. Ltd. as the Funding Agency.
(c) In both the proposed projects, the restoration and forest conservation undertaken by the department would enable generation of carbon credits, the benefits of which would also percolate to the forest fringe communities
ARR based carbon finance project under APFBC II
The proposed project would be based in the ongoing afforestation and restoration initiatives under APFBC II (approx. 8,000 hectares of AR and ANR plantations would be considered under the project).
TERI has submitted the Feasibility Assessment Report to the VnV Advisory and would be officially listing the Project Description within November 2025.
REDD+ based restoration project under APFBC II
The proposed REDD+ project would be based on restoration and forest conservation in approx. 96,000 hectares forest area in Cachar district, consisting of six Reserve Forests.
Presently, the progress of the project is awaiting the ongoing finalization of VERRA methodology (VM0048).
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