Centre for
Policy Design
The Centre generates a repository of knowledge on environmental policy. We conduct in-depth policy analysis, develop thematic policy strategies and produce policy briefs, factsheets, reports and white papers to advance the understanding of environmental policy in India.
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This policy brief focuses on the need for grassland conservation in Maharashtra. Tropical grasslands and savannahs are important for millions of people whose pastoralist livelihoods depend on this natural ecosystem. It is home to diverse forms of wildlife including the blackbuck and the Great Indian Bustard. Savannah grasslands are also key to addressing climate change because they sequester huge amounts of carbon.
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The Government of India announced its draft guidelines for tree plantation-based green credits and asked for comments via a public consultation. CPD laid out recommendations and revisions along with other contributors from ATREE and other experts in the sector in November 2023.
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Response to Draft Notification on the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area (MoEFCC)
The MoEFCC’s draft notification dated 31 July, 2024 proposed designating 56,800 sq km of the Western Ghats spanning 6 states as an ecologically sensitive Area (ESA) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. CPD and the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy submitted a joint response suggesting improved monitoring, enforcement, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable development within the proposed ESA.
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State-level Engagement
Supe, Maharashtra Forest Department
An MoU was signed between the DCF, Pune and ATREE and The Grasslands Trust for implementing a pilot restoration project in Supe village, Pune district. Permission was granted to access SupeWLS and choose area for restoration activity and assist the FD in their grassland restoration efforts.
Kendur, Maharashtra Forest Department
A collaboration between ATREE, Bengaluru and The Grasslands Trust, Pune engages with the APCCF, Social Forestry. The pilot project at Kendur with the aim of experimenting with grass nursery creation, in-situ and ex-situ plantation of native grasses outside Protected Areas while monitoring their survival and other ecological conditions in the habitat.
International-level Engagement
COP 26
(dummy text ) UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change with almost complete membership of every country in the world. To put it simply, the COP is where the world comes together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
COP 27
(dummy text ) UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change with almost complete membership of every country in the world. To put it simply, the COP is where the world comes together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
COP 28
(dummy text ) UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change with almost complete membership of every country in the world. To put it simply, the COP is where the world comes together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
