Partnerships & Beyond

Forest Plus Exchange VisitIndian Delegation

• Carbon Certification Course at MSU • Certification Course on Carbon Markets few officers may be

sponsored by DOPT . • Inclusion of Project Work in India and class room module at MSU

in the above course • Burnt Area Analysis Partnerships with University of Maryland • Carbon Estimation for Western Ghats of Karnataka with Maryland

University • PPP Module for Carbon Development of case studies : Wild Life Works • Academic professional and institutional collaborations with MSU on

identified projects .• Focus on projects on degradation , biodiversity and plus component

of Redd+

• Standardization of Protocols methodology and technologies ( FSI MSU NRSC )

• MRV – A system for National Forest Inventory inclusive of Carbon Inventory & Community based Inventory Management

• JFM & Community based Forest Inventory : Indian Context .

• Identification of lead States / Individuals • Remote sensing based modelling – Sikkim Forest

Department / Pradeep • MRV & Web-based inventory: FSI ,KFD & MPFD • Inventory methodologies : FSI NRSC & SFD • PDD Development : MPFD & KFD • Carbon Market Analysis: HPFD /Vikram • JFM & Community based Forest / Carbon Inventory :

MPFD & KFD

• Thanks • Dr David for his personal involvement in organizing

this visit . All elements included were neither less or more .

• All his team members for their technical inputs and discourses .

• Ms Gilian for due diligence on logistics . Perfectly organized . We are still to find areas of concern to suggest improvements.

• Thanks a lot