APC Nagaland Y Kikheto Sema and others during the launch of the book titled “A tradition in transition: Understanding the role of Shifting Cultivation for sustainable development of Northeast India” on December 12.
ZUNHEBOTO, DECEMBER 12 (MExN): Nagaland is launching a first of its kind REDD+ Community based Carbon Finance Project to tackle climate change.
Representatives of over 30 Community Conservation Areas [CCAs] in Zhuneboto district on December 12 consented to develop the Carbon Finance Project in partnership with VNV Advisory Services and The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi [TERI]. A meeting was organised towards this in Kohima. APC of Nagaland Y KikhetoSema, IAS inaugurated the meeting and guided the audience.
The carbon finance project will be conducted over a period of 20 years and every five years based on the performance of the project with respect to the enhancement of carbon the credits will be accounted and traded. The benefits will be passed on to the local communities as per the defined institutional mechanism. The project will help communities to develop livelihood opportunities, build capacities of the local people and protect forests for additional sequestration of carbon di-oxide.
In addition to this, a book to understand various aspects of Jhum or Shifting Cultivation, titled “A tradition in transition: Understanding the role of Shifting Cultivation for sustainable development of Northeast India” was also inaugurated in the session.
