Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
3 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: India (14)
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+ …
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 ~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 …
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 …
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 …
A tribal-owned Tamil Nadu company, seeded with a Rs 25 lakh state SC/ST Startup Fund grant, clears invasive Lantana camara from Sathyamangalam …
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