Tamil Nadu authorities signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the mission in March this yr
Tamil Nadu authorities signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the mission in March this yr
The biodiversity conservation and greening mission for local weather change response, with an outlay of ₹920.52 crore for a interval of eight years, will start this month.
On March 31, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department acquired a mortgage from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the mission.
The mission goals to mitigate and adapt to local weather change and enhance the ecosystem thereby contributing to sustainable socio-economic growth in Tamil Nadu, mentioned Supriya Sahu, extra chief secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department.
The focus will probably be on ecosystem-based local weather change measures, human wildlife battle measures, selling provide chain growth, livelihood enchancment actions and capability growth of the administration.
In this context, the division is seeking to interact specialists within the fields of biodiversity / ecosystem administration (worldwide), marine, local weather change, tree cultivation in non-public land, neighborhood growth and GIS/MIS specialists. An expression of curiosity has been floated and the agency chosen ought to present all of the seven consultancy providers.
The whole period of the consultancy task will probably be 24 man-months for all of the specialists totaling 144 man-months. For the group chief with worldwide expertise, the task will probably be roughly 13 man-months.
JICA has carried out afforestation tasks in Tamil Nadu since 1997. JICA performed an affect research on the earlier mission in Tamil Nadu in 2021. The key takeaways attained by the research have been included within the new mission.
The new mission is the primary case the place JICA specifies “climate change” within the mission identify with the consensus of Government of India and Japan. “The project will contribute to mitigation of climate change impact, with an estimated annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction of 243,054 t CO2 equivalent,” mentioned SAITO Mitsunori, Chief Representative, JICA India, on the time of signing the settlement.
The main anticipated outcomes from the mission by yr 2032 embody enhance in Carbon storage by 4 lakh MT, restoration of three.6 ha. of Coral reef space, restoration of 600 ha. of sea grass and 300 ha. of seaweed, enhance of mangrove cowl over an space of 1050 ha., 60,000 ha. enhance in Trees Outside Forest (TOF) cowl and capability constructing for 5400 departmental employees amongst others.
The Expression of Interest has been floated and a shortlist of consultants can be prepared by the second week of this month, mentioned sources within the Forest division.
Source: www.thehindu.com