Mangroves as carbon sink: India joins 5-nation alliance
Business Standard|November 09, 2022
Calling for integration of mangroves conservation with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programmes for carbon sequestering, India on Tuesday joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC).
NITIN KUMAR
Mangroves as carbon sink: India joins 5-nation alliance

India is among the first five countries to join the MAC, at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) at Sharm elSheikh in Egypt. The others are Australia, Japan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.

The move is in line with India's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, through forest and tree cover additional by 2030.

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