ECOSYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT: CONTEXT OF FORESTRY SECTOR BUSINESS

CONTINUITY RESILIENCE

DR. ANIL KUMAR GUPTAPROJECT DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE ON CLIMATE

RESILIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, NEW DELHI

SFDRR Operational Needs

Translating CCA—DRR Convergence to National / sub-national and local DRR /Development frameworks

Disaster Risk Management Plans –National /state, local, sector specific, department specific, etc.

Issues for Forestry

Forests and Forestry in South Asia

Ecosystem Services / Conservation forests

Forestry as Business

Forest Research and Social Forestry

Forest Products (Non-timber)

Mainstreaming Forestry into Development

Forestry other than timber…

NTFP (Leaves, Bark, Gum, Resin, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Mushrooms, ….)

Raw material for paper, plywood and charcoal industry

Animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries

Agriculture (Agro-forestry), fodder, other forest services to agro-ecosystems

Livelihoods / Employment

Tourism (ecotourism)

Climate change mitigation / Green economy

Wasteland reclamation / Land-degradation control

Climate and Disaster Resilience

Disasters (Floods, Drought, Heat, Forest Fire, Cyclone/Windstorms, Pest attack, Man-animal conflict, etc)

Earthquake, Fore etc. (affecting Industry/business/people)

SFDRR, Paris Climate Agreement and SDGs DM Policy and DM Act (India), DM Plan Prime Minister’s Agenda 10 on DRM

Every sector to imbibe principles of DRM DM Plan of the Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate

Change

Entities for DRR and DM Plan

Forest research institutes/labs Forest Nurseries Timber Depo Forest strands / Blocks PAs (NPs, WLSs, Tiger Reserves, Zoo, etc.) Forest roads, Hotels/Resorts, Picnic areas, etc. Multi-hazard risk management plan Changing climatic scenarios and biodiversity

Wood Based Units (India)

Secondary Forest Industries (India)

Annual Value of Selected Benefits (India)

Outlay in the Forestry Sector (India)

Wood Consumption (India)

Project Demands for Pulpwood based Industries (India)

Components of Resilience

Disaster damage to forests/ecosystems (Phani, Kerala floods, Uttarakhand floods, Kaziranga floods, ….) PDNA?

Loss of carbon sequestration, Loss of sink: Loss of GHG mitigation investments

Pre-disaster (early warning – projections/prediction, forecasting), risk mitigation, Preparedness

Climate change implications – geographical / temporal shifts, seasonality, Species composition, Production/yield challenges, etc.

During Disasters???? Post-flood (Rehabilitation, Recovery) Future risk

mitigation

The Climate Resilience Framework (CRF)

ISET, NIDM, GEAG

Forestry Sector DRR

Forestry as Component of Development Forestry as Business Forestry protection from Disasters Forestry preparedness to help in disasters Ensure forestry do no aggravate disaster

related hazards and vulnerabilities

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