JAMMU: Chairing inaugural session of two day workshop on capacity building of JK Forest and other departments being conducted under REDD-Plus Action for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, on Wednesday called for making sustained efforts in “greening” of Jammu and Kashmir” and suggested that experts find cost effective methods to achieve the goal.
The REDD-plus mechanism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) aims to provide financial incentive for forestry based climate change mitigation activities like reducing carbon emissions from forest degradation and increasing carbon stock through conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
The programme was jointly organized by JK Forest Department and Himalayan Forests Research Institute Shimla.
