India (MoEF) - USA (USEPA)

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India (MoEF) - USA (USEPA)

• Climate Change Mitigation in the Forest Sector
  in India Assessment at National Level, Selected
  States, and Case Studies
• collaborating Institutions
• Indian Institute of Science
• Indian Council for Forestry Research and
  Education
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Ministry of Environment and Forests

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Broad objectives of the project

• 1. Improved assessment of mitigation
  opportunities and estimates of incremental
  mitigation, potential and cost-effectiveness at
  different levels
• - national
• - state
• - case studies
• 2. To address methodological issues in project
  development, implementation monitoring
• 3. To disseminate methods, models and initiate
  dialogue

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Objectives of the workshop

• 1. To discuss methodological issues in project
  (proposal) development and monitoring
• 2. To discuss methods for field studies and
  estimation of carbon stock changes
• 3. To explore and use PROCOMAP models for
  projecting carbon benefits and costs / benefits
• 4. To prepare a plan for field studies, analysis,
  modeling, reporting and disseminating workshops