Enhancing economic agro-forestry for livelihood opportunity via ecosystem restoration: A case study

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dc.coverageAsia
dc.coverageIndia
dc.creatorKumar, A.
dc.date2023-04-27T13:57:13Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:57:13Z
dc.date2022
dc.date2022-08-13T15:08:05.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T01:11:35Z
dc.descriptionMeghalaya, a North Eastern state of India with its economy tied to natural resource-base and climate- sensitive sectors as agriculture, water, forestry. Encroachment of forest land for agricultural activity, overexploitation of biodiversity, unsustainable agricultural practices (slash & burn) and non-scientific mining resulted in habitat degradation and pollution. India Water Foundation, as development partner with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) under Integrated Basin Development Livelihood Program designed on Knowledge Management, Natural resource Management, Entrepreneurship Development and Good Governance through demand driven partnership madeefforts towards Ecosystem restoration, linking forest, agriculture and water as most of economic value depends on nature and its services. Forest plays an indispensable role to conserve ecological balance and biodiversity restoration and indigenous people worship sacred groves, preserve flora and fauna biodiversity and bamboo reserves dedicated to deities in Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills served as water catchments to fulfil domestic, agricultural, customary needs. Green Mission promoted protection of catchments forests, improved forest & water foot print, diversified farmer's livelihood, income and food security. Opportunities from social to economic forestry prospered state's economy. Adapting to temperature and weather conditions, entrepreneurs cultivated tea, fruits, flowers, spices and medicinal plants & had market linkages, connectivity, cold storages and financial inclusion. Climate resilient practices like re-wilding, adaptive management augmented sustainable green cover and restored water-land-biomass balance, promoted carbon sequestration and water-energy-food security nexus. Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, Sustainable forest management, Deforestation and forest degradation, Gender, Economic Development ID: 3486365
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc1572en
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/cc1572en/cc1572en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/329854
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsNon-FAO
dc.rightsCC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO
dc.titleEnhancing economic agro-forestry for livelihood opportunity via ecosystem restoration: A case study
dc.titleXV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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