Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
9 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: India (26)
India's first Plan Vivo-certified community forest carbon project: 27,000 ha of subtropical broadleaf forest in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Since 2011: 532,000+ …
A randomised trial across 171 Punjab villages found that paying farmers a share of their no-burn payment upfront cut satellite-detected crop-residue burning …
Pallikaranai Marsh, a 1,247-hectare Ramsar wetland (designated 2022) in Chennai, buffers monsoon floods for the city's south and hosts 120+ bird species, …
A 125 km² Ramsar wetland east of Kolkata where cooperative fisheries treat ~910 million litres of the city's sewage daily, supply about …
Bengaluru's state development authority built a ~4.6-hectare constructed wetland to treat 10 million litres/day of sewage before it reaches Jakkur Lake, cutting …
A new sea mouth opened in Sept 2000 restored Chilika's salinity; reported fish and prawn landings rose from ~1,600 t/yr to ~14,000 …
Since 1990s a Maharashtra village combined watershed works, a deep-borewell ban, grazing/tree-felling bans and an annual water budget; reported groundwater at 11–12 …
Village-built earthen johads in semi-arid Alwar raised well levels and revived the Arvari river; figures are largely NGO-reported and exact aquifer gains …
A ~12,500-hectare Ramsar wetland east of Kolkata has informally treated the city's sewage since the 1930s through ~254 fish ponds, producing roughly …
Samsung funded a 71,000 m² Miyawaki-method forest in Greater Noida (200,000 saplings, from 2019), part of a district plan raising forest cover …
ITC's Kovai paperboard unit became the world's 2nd, and India's 1st, facility to earn AWS Platinum water certification (2019-20), rejuvenating catchment structures …
India's mandatory developer-pays compensatory afforestation scheme (CAF Act 2016); planted 178,261 ha (85% of target) against Rs 38,516 crore (~US$4.6 bn) of …
From the mid-1970s Anna Hazare led a village watershed programme with check dams, tree planting and bans on grazing and felling; reported …
ITC Limited's multi-stakeholder programme in Maharashtra's Ghod River basin combined rainwater harvesting, aquifer recharge and irrigation-demand management, making the basin water-positive within …
Nine underpasses beneath NH-44 through Pench Tiger Reserve, including two 750 m structures, recorded 468 camera-trap images across 15 species in a …
Since ~2015, FES has worked with 12,000+ women from Mandla villages near Kanha Tiger Reserve to manually clear Lantana camara — up …
Tiered heat alerts, outreach and clinical preparedness after the deadly 2010 heatwave; a peer-reviewed pilot evaluation estimates ~1,190 deaths avoided per year, …
Since 2012 a women-led NGO has promoted low-cost cool roofs in Ahmedabad slums — reflective paint (~₹2,500) and ModRoof — reported to …
Since 2015, TERRE Policy Centre, Tata Motors and Maharashtra's Forest Dept. restored 16 ha of barren Warje hillside near Pune with ~9,500 …
A 1990 India circular launched Joint Forest Management, devolving protection and usufruct rights over degraded state forest to village committees; it once …
Tamil Nadu's 2003 ordinance made rooftop rainwater harvesting compulsory on every building; surveys recorded Chennai's groundwater table rising about 50% within five …
India's national Green Credit Programme (Oct 2023) issues credits for restoring degraded land: by early 2025, 17 states had registered 57,700+ ha, …
Since FY2015-16, India's Finance Commission redirects 7.5-10% of central tax revenue to states by forest cover, moving ~$6.9-$12bn/year (2015-19) and ~$11.1bn in …
From the late 1970s, the Haryana village of Sukhomajri built check dams and a community water-rights institution (HRMS) that cut siltation into …
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