Social forestry is a concept that ensure ecological, economic and social benefits. It broadly refers to the management of forests by local communities to achieve various environmental, social and development goals, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, nutrition and livelihood support. This slide will discuss the environmental phenomena and relation with the climate change.

2. Social forestry is a concept that ensure ecological, economic and social benefits. It
broadly refers to the management of forests by local communities to achieve various
environmental, social and development goals, including climate change mitigation and
adaptation, food security, nutrition and livelihood support.
Social forestry has an intense relationship with environment and climate change.Its
main goal is to reduce poverty through the maintenance of ecological balance and reducing
environment pollution for the improvement of nature. As the climate change, that refers to
the rise in average surface temperatures on earth is increasing day by day, it has become an
alarming problem of the whole world. The pollutions in our surrounding environment is
also increasing at a very high rate, which needs to be neutralized immediately. However,
enormous potential exists for social forestry to contribute to climate change mitigation
and adaptation as well as to meeting the basic needs of local communities and sustainable
forest management.

3. Dependency on Forest
Fruits Animals
and Crops
Shifted to river valley for
more production
Primitive Age ( Communism)
Food Shelter
Horticulture
Pasture (private
property)
Agrarian Society
(private property)
Civilization &
Urbanization
Industrialization

4. Deforestation
Effects of Industrialization
Ecological
Imbalance
Environment and Climate Change
Environment Pollution
(Air,Water,Soil,Sound)

5. *Impact of environmental
change
* Mitigation of negative
impacts
* Interviews on Adaptation * Global steps
* Local Steps
* Individual Steps
Environment And Climate Change
Adaptation Balance
Social Forestry
Ecological
Balance
Climate
Change
Mitigation

6. Impacts of Environment and Climate Change
1. Rise in the surface temperature.
2. Increasing sea level as a result of
ice-cap melting.
3. Natural disasters such as
flood,drought,cyclone,tornado etc.
4. Salinity.
5. Reduction in agricultural
production.
6. Desertification.

7. Major Points to Mitigate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change
1. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
2. Increase the area of forestry.
3. Protection of social forestry.
4. Increase the perceived and actual value of forestry.
5. Promote sustainable sociological management.
6. Strengthen government and non-government policies.
7. Increase forest rights.
8. Bio fuel plantation and substitution through wood products.
9. Forest restoration.
10.Increase investment in research, education and extension.
11.Emphasize on the recycling of waste products.

9. Findings from the Interviews
Because of urbanization many roadside trees are being
cut down. For example, to construct fly over bridge
many trees were cut down in Rampura.
Temperature is increasing day by day and the
changing climate is creating many diseases such as
cough, asthma, fever, chest pain, skin problems etc.
Many people have less knowledge about
environmental pollution. As a result they do not hesitate
to throw garbage beside the road instead of dustbin.
Because of insufficient land or place for forestry in
urban areas people should emphasize on homestead
forestry or plant small plants in their home.

10. Climate Change Adaptation
The climate change adaptation framework creates the
strategic direction and process for ongoing adaptation to the
impacts of climate change :
Changes in land use and relocation
Afforestation , open space preservation
Tree Plantation Campaign: Organizing awareness rising
programmes.

11. Mangrove forests protection
Natural resources protection
Infrastructure Protection: Practices of green
infrastructure
Gardening on the roof
Community engagement

12. Climate Change Adaptation

14. Global Steps
for preventing
climate
change and
maintaining
environment
balance

15. • The developed and the developing countries are showing very much of concern
about the rapid change of the world's climate.
The United Nations are having a yearly conference on the climate change since 1995.
• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is
an international environmental treaty negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de
Janerio from 3 to 14 June 1992, then entered into force on 21 March 1994.
The UNFCCC objective is to "Stabilize Greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with
the climate system."

16. • Since the very first convention in Berlin, 1995 various steps had
been taken by the UNFCCC. Such as,
->>In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was concluded and established
legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions in the period 2008-2012.
->>The 2010 Cone`un agreements state that future global warming
should be limited to below 2.0 C (3.6 F) relative to the pre-industrial
level.
->>In 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted, governing emission
reductions from 2020 on through commitments of countries in
ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions

17. Along with this, FAO is also working with
countries to tackle Climate Change through
sustainable forest management.
Forests are, of course, managed not only for
climate change, but for multiple, usually
complimentary, objectives :
>>production of goods,
>>protection of soil,
>>water and other environmental services,
>>conservation of biodiversity,
>>provision of socio-cultural services,
>>livelihood support and
>>poverty alleviation.

18. How FAO supports countries to Increase CARBON
Sequestration BY Forests & Trees
• Around 13 million hectares of forest were converted to other uses or lost through natural
causes each year between 2000 and 2010. The world has an estimated 850 million hectares of
degraded forests, which could potentially be restored and rehabilitated to bring back lost
biodiversity and ecosystem services, and, at the same time, contribute to climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Forest management practices that increase carbon sequestration
include:
>>afforestation, reforestation and forest restoration;
>>increase of tree cover through agroforestry,
>>urban forestry and tree planting in rural landscapes;
>>enhancement of forest carbon stocks (in both, biomass and soils) and
>>sequestration capacity through the modification of forestry management practice

19. Governmental Steps for Mitigating Climate Change and
Maintaining Ecological Balance
The world is now facing various severe impacts of climate change and environmental imbalance.
Specially, Southeast Asia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Governments can introduce and conduct the following social forestry activities :
1. Participatory Plantation
2. Village Afforestation
3. Private nursery establishment
4. Institution Plantation
5. Homestead Plantation
6. Jhumia Rehabilitation
7. Seedling distribution at low cost
8. Social Forestry Training
9.Participatory sal coppice management
10.Participatory management of National park and Wildlife sanctuary

20. The following social forestry models and Technologies can be adopted and
introduced by the governments :
1. Feeder road Plantation
2. Roads and high ways Road Plantation
3. Embankment Plantation
4. Rail road Plantation
5 . Woodlot Plantation
6. Riverine islands Plantation
7. Foreshore Plantation
8. Canal bank plantation
#Governments can launch tree plantation caampaigns all over the country and
raise awareness among people regarding the necessity of their active participation in
social forestry.

21. Individual Steps for the Mitigation of Climate
Change & Maintaining Ecological Balance
Individual efforts across the globe is necessary in the task of planting
trees and the expansion of forestry for mitigating climate change
and maintaining ecological balance.
Steps that can be taken at the individual level for the mitigation
are given in the following:

22. 1. Farmers can try to plant trees at their farming fields and leave no free space
idle. Rural people should try to plant trees wherever it is possible.
2. Officials and staffs of various offices and business associations can plant trees
within the premises of their offices if possible.
3. School, college and university students can plant trees in the premises of their
institutions and campuses.

23. 4.Families living in flats in the urban areas can plant trees in the
balconies and rooftops of their houses.
5. Forest management by local communities and indigenous people can
contribute a lot in climate mitigation, they have secure rights over forests
and other resources, and are able to use those resources not only to
diversify and strengthen their livelihoods but also to maintain the
ecological balance and saving the environment.
(Source: Social Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation, The Center for People and Forests)

24. References:
www.pollutionpollution.com
Social Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, The Center for
People and Forests
www.fao.org/forstry
Strategic framework for forests and climate change. Collaborative Partnership on
Forests, 2008

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