MR. SUPONGNUKSHI, IFS CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST & STATE NODAL - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• MR. SUPONGNUKSHI, IFS

CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST & STATE NODAL OFFICER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.

NAGALAND

 AREA : 16,579 Km²  DISTRICTS : 12  TRIBES : 16  POPULATION (2001 CENSUS) : 19.81 LAKHS  DENSITY : 119 PER Km²  RURAL POPULATION : 71.03%  WORKFORCE-AGRI& ALLIED : 68%  AREA UNDER CULTIVATION : 28%

NATURAL RESOURCE PROFILE

General Scenario

• Land Holding Pattern (Ownership-Art 371-A)
• Customary Laws over enacted legislation
• Multiplicity of Departments/Authorities

Forests in Nagaland

• Tree & Forest Cover

: Around 75 %

• Recorded Forest Area: Over 50 %
• Govt. owned

: 11.7 %

• Private owned

: 88.2 %

 PREDOMINANTLY FOREST DWELLERS  FOOD  CLOTHING  CONSTRUCTION  NTFPs -BAMBOO, CANE, FUEL WOOD, MEDICINE, FODDER , etc

TRADITION & CULTURE

PARADIGM SHIFT

 URBANIZATION  REDUCED JHUMMING  POPULATION CHANGE  ALTERNATE LIVELIHOOD SOURCES

PRESENT PRESSURES

 DEFORESTATION- DEVELOPMENTAL PRESSURES,FOREST FIRES  JHUMMING  MINNING  UNSCIENTIFIC EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES  URBANIZATION & EXTENSION OF HUMAN HABITATION  POLLUTION- SOLID WASTE, WATER , AIR, NOISE ETC  HUNTING & WILDLIFE TRADE

CHANGES IN CLIMATIC TRENDS

 SAPCC-1 REPORT

 IISC Bangalore  Increased monsoon, temperatures.  4th ranked in environment sustainability index for Indian states

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for financial management and research(2008)

 PROJECTED IMPACTS

 Increased diseases and pests  Reduced productivity- erratic heavy rainfall during flowering time  Longer dry spell-dying of cash crops

ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENTS

Nagaland State Action Plan

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 Integrated Agriculture  Water Resources  Forest and Biodiversity  Urban Habitat and Transport  Health  Energy  Cross cutting issues  Jhum & degraded area rehabilitation  Community Conservation Areas  Wildlife Crime Control  Nagaland State Pollution Control Board

 Village communities  Natural Nagas  Conservation Society of Nagaland  Green Foundation  Greensons  Mithun conservation in Phek  Sustainable Development Forum, Nagaland

 GOVERNMENT  NGOs

Nagaland State Action Plan on Climate Change (NSAPCC)

“Achieving a Low Carbon Development Trajectory”

“Gene pool Conservation of Indigenous Rice Varieties

under Traditional Integrated Rotational Farming System (Jhum optimisation) for Promoting Livelihood and Food Security as Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Nagaland”

ASSISTED UNDER:- NATIONAL ADAPTATION FUND FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

(MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE)

Project Sector : Agriculture

 Executing Entity : Agriculture Dept. in collaboration with other project related Depts.  Beneficiaries :1000 families  primary beneficiary -1000 families  secondary beneficiary 34000 persons  Project Duration : 3 years  Project sanctioned : Feb 2018

Project Objectives

 Conservation of genetic resource  Jhum optimization  Enhance capacity in management of genetic and

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 Provide comprehensive risk coverage (life, crop productivity, weather ,market risks etc) to farmers

Departments involved:

 Agriculture Department  Soil and Water Conservation Department  Land Resource Development Department  Forest Department  Horticulture Department  New and Renewable Energy department  Agencies / Technical Service Providers

• State Agriculture Research Centre
• Nagaland Empowerment of People through Energy

Development

• Nagaland Bee Keeping and Honey Mission
• Village Councils (24)
• GIZ
• International Rice Research Institute, ICAR etc.

Progress so far...

Field Gene Bank (Jhum Rice)

Mini Gene Bank (MTS) Field Gene Bank (WTRC Rice)

Inception Workshop

District Sensitization

Expected Outcomes

 Sustainable land use planning  Conservation of gene pool of traditional and indigenous rice varieties and farmer to farmer seed exchange  Area treatment for traditional integrated farming particularly rice cultivation including soil and water conservation and land rejuvenation  Soil productivity enhancement through environmentally sensitive measures

SAPCC RELATED ACTIVITIES

 Media workshop on climate change reporting at Kohima , Dec 11-13, 2017 - Dept of Sc & Tech and State Nodal Office for Climate Change  GIZ workshop on “Protection and Sustainable Management of Aquatic Resources in the North Eastern Himalayan Region of India”, at Gauhati, Jan 18, 2018  Indo-US workshop on “Climate Downscaling and Analysis” at Environment Protection Training Research Institute, Hyderabad, Feb 12 _13, 2018  GIZ organized Write-shop for Climate Change project formulations at Gauhati, April 23-25, 2018  Orientation program for Senior Government Officials on Climate Change Adaptation & Planning at Kohima, August 9, 2018

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