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NAFCC

Regional Project

Telangana, Rajasthan,

& Maharashtra

Name of the Project: Restoration of degraded landscapes to natural
state of ecosystem for climate resilience and livelihood improvement
of vulnerable communities
Project Focus: Landscape restoration
Location: Local villages & communities around the degraded forest
areas at 11 Sites in Telangana; 15 Villages & Dhanis in Rajasthan;
and 8 villages in Maharashtra
Project Finance: Rs. 126.10 Crores (USD 19.10 million)
Duration: 6 years (2019-2025); Ongoing
Name of Executing Entity: Environment Protection Training and
Research Institute (EPTRI),Government of Telangana; Forest
Deptt, Govt of Rajasthan; Pench Tiger Conservation Foundation,
Maharashtra

Telangana: e natural forests all over the states are under great pressure. As per the Telangana State Forest Report 2015
which analysed the forest cover changes using satellite imageries of 2012 and 2013, it is seen that there is a net loss of
15.80 sq. km in Moderately Dense Forest (0.4 to <0.7 canopy cover) and 19.05 sq. km in Open Forest (0.1 to <0.4
canopy cover).

e project aims at securing the identied forests from various drivers of degradations (mainly re, grazing,
encroachment and biomass removal), it is assumed that the existing physiologically stressed crop will get rest and utilize
the inherent resilience ability to reconstruct the succession trajectory with the improvement of biodiversity and other
related functions.

Rajasthan: During 1901 to 2002 in Western Rajasthan, total 46 Drought (24 Severe & very Severe) and 195 cold wave
& 51 heat wave events were observed. Extreme temperature varying between (-2 degree C) to (+53 degree C) coupled
with lower rainfall pattern, higher evapotranspiration rate and longer dry spells impacted the local ora & fauna species in
the area.

e project aims at restoration of degraded land in 4 sites having an area of 1200 ha viz. Chadiyali (Community
Wasteland), Gangapura (Community Wasteland) , Kundal (Degraded Forest), and Bhimgoda (Degraded Forest).

Maharashtra: For the construction of Pench Hydro-electricity project, an interstate project between Maharashtra &
Madhya Pradesh, 50 Ha of reserve forest land was temporarily diverted for project buildings. Subsequently, settlers
encroached upon the Reserve forest in nearby area and hence more than 250 Ha forest area became degraded due to
intense anthropogenic activities.

e present project proposes to address this problem of large chunk of land remaining degraded & unproductive and to
convert it into an additional carbon sink with capacity to stock additional 11253 tonnes of Carbon and also to create
livelihood opportunities and promote climate change & conservation education during the process.

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