The UN Strategic Plan Aims To Promote Sustainable Forest Management And Increase The Contribution Of Forests
What is forest fire season?
361 incidents of dew have been reported in Uttarakhand in just five days. 567 hectares of forest has been destroyed during this period. It also includes an area of 380 hectares of reserve forest. Although the dew season comes every year, this year the damage has been very high. Every year in Uttarakhand the forest dew season begins in mid-February. This season falls between winter and monsoon. In spring, when the dry leaves of the trees fall, dew begins.
Forest management for countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic : UN Report : According to the “Global Forests Goals Report 2021”of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the forest management for countries affected by the Covid-19 epidemic has increased the challenges of management.
According to the report, apart from epidemics, climate change and biodiversity crisis are the biggest threats to forest ecosystems. The Global Forests Goals Report is a preliminary report. According to this report, approximately 1.6 billion people depend on forests. This is 25% of the total population. In rural areas of the world, more than 40% of people live in savannas (grassy forests) and forests. This is 20% of the total population. It is under the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030.
The epoch presents the progress made by countries in the 6 Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets. The UN Strategic Plan aims to promote sustainable forest management and increase the contribution of forests and trees to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The first global forest target in the plan aims to increase forest area by 3% by 2030. Under the plan, 26 countries have set targets to increase forest cover. India has committed to increase 200,00 hectares of forest area and forest cover every year.
According to the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of the Inter-Governmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), over one million species are at risk of extinction and 100 million hectares of tropical forests have been lost from 1980-2000.
More than 2.1 million square kilometers were added to protected and protected areas since 2010: UNEP, IUCN report United Nations Environment Program United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Center IUCN (UNEP-WCMC) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; Headquarters Gland, Switzerland ) and National.
According to the Protected Planet Report 2020 published by the Geographic Society, around 2.1 million square kilometers of protected and protected areas have been added to the world's protected and protected areas since 2010. It protects 64% of the total percentage of the Earth's land area, which is just short of the Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 (17% of the Earth's land area is protected/protected and 10% of its marine environment by 2020). About 82% of countries and territories have increased their share of protected area and area covered by effective area-based conservation measures (OECM).
An addition of 2.1 million square kilometers indicates an increase of 42% of the world's protected and protected areas during 2010-2020 The Protected Planet Report is a biennial report that assesses the state of protected and protected areas around the world. Provides a final report on the status of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, which was set during the 2010 Convention on Biodiversity Conference held in Aichi, Japan. For the first time, the report includes statistics from OECM.
Important Points The Aichi Biodiversity Targets are a set of 20 targets on biodiversity, the main targets of which are as follows: 1. Conserve 17% of land and island water systems. 2. 10% coastal waters and oceans by 2020. 3. As of May 2021, 2.25 crore square kilometers (16.64%) of land and island water systems and 28.1 square kilometers of coastal waters and seas are within protected areas and OECM. OECM and Important Biodiversity Area (KBA) OECM is a geographically defined area other than a protected area that is managed and managed to achieve biodiversity conservation outcomes.
On average, 62% of the Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) has been added to Protected and Reserved Areas since 2010, over 2.1 million square kilometers: UNEP, IUCN Report Areas become fully or partially part of Protected Areas and OECM. UNEP - WCMC UNEP - WCMC stands for United Nations Environment Program - World Conservation Monitoring Center. Headquarters Cambridge, Britain IUCN's Climate and Conservation Report n - fen 1715. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has just released the report 'Nature in a Globalized World: Conflict and Conservation'.
This report focuses on the complex relationship between nature and armed conflict. The main objective of this report is to bring nature conservation into the mainstream of economic and political decision-making. This report analyzes how armed conflicts over the past thirty years relate to the availability of arable land, the percentage of the country's rural population, and the prevalence of drought. Major threats caused by this type of conflict in the world include disruption of conservation efforts, direct destruction of wildlife, degradation of ecosystems. Armed conflicts prevail in major biodiversity hotspots in the world.
For example, the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-China border conflicts are taking place in the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. Military exercises and civil unrest have threatened the survival of 219 endangered species. It also includes famous species like the critically endangered Eastern Gorilla. Environment Ministry Releases GDAR Survey of Forest Areas for 10 States Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Minister Prakash Javadekar has released the detailed project report of Light Detection and Ranking (LiDAR) survey of forest areas for 10 states through virtual media.
This survey is the first of its kind in India that uses LIDAR technology. 10 states: Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura. This is the first time that central funds have been used to survey large forest areas.
LiDAR survey will help in identification of water and grass in forest area thereby reducing human-animal conflict. It will also help identify areas where groundwater recharge is needed, which will benefit local communities. Survey by PSU WAPCOS Ltd. under Ministry of Water Power, Government of India. (formerly known as Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited) was conducted by LiDAR technology was used to create 3-D images of project areas for land and water conservation structures.
These structures will collect rainwater and prevent it from running off, which will help in recharging the ground water. Javadekar stressed on state forest departments to utilize CAMPA funds (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) for implementation of projects. It follows a 'hill to valley' approach to watershed management. WAPCOS in partnership with the State Forest Department has identified an important hill within the forest division in the states with an average area of 10,000 hectares in each state for preparation of DPR.
This DPR will help in planning and location identification and suitability and feasibility of micro-soil and water catchment structures compatible with specific geographical location, site profile and soil characteristics. The need to list the Great Barrier Reef as an 'in danger' World Heritage Site. The Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef.
