Restoration Policy Dialogues 2024

According to the Restoration Atlas for India (WRI India 2018), Chhattisgarh possesses the potential to sequester between 210.68 million tons (Mt) of additional aboveground carbon through forest protection and enhancing tree cover through wide scale and mosaic restoration. This can be achieved by enhancing rural livelihoods and job opportunities, building resilience, and mitigating climate risks through collaborations with diverse stakeholders.

This conference proceeding provides insights from the Restoration Dialogues, convened by the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development (DP&RD), Government of Chhattisgarh, in collaboration with WRI India and Transform Rural India (TRI), in September 2024 at Raipur. The dialogues focused on how to restoring landscapes in Chhattisgarh for climate and communities by inspiring, innovating, and designing solutions for converging existing policies and scaling landscape restoration in the state.

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