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Sanction Date: |
30-09-2019 |
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Project Category |
MG |
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Year |
2019-2010 |
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Project Duration |
3 Years + 05 Months and 22 Days project extension + 09 Months project extension |
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BTA : |
WRM |
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Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
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Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
G B Pant National Institute of Himalayan, Environment
& Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal
Almora Uttarakahand-263643 |
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Project Partners: |
S.No. |
Name |
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JNU, Delhi
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| 2. |
GBPNIHE, Kosi-Katarmal,Almora
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| 3. |
IIT Roorkee,
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
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| 4 |
NIT, Rourkela,
Orissa
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| 5. |
IIT, Mumbai
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| 6. |
Purdue
University, USA
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| 7. |
Uttarakhand State Forest
Department
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Lead Proponent: |
Dr. Sandipan Mukherjee
Scientist D,
G B Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Ladakh Regional Centre
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Project Brief Description: |
There is an increasing common perception that Pine stands may systematically be replaced with
Oak forests, and subsequently the paradigm of water, climate and biodiversity is expected to
change significantly from its current state. However, a thorough assessment of differences in
hydro-meteorological properties, hydrological budgets and ecosystem exchanges of carbon and
water over these forests including their anticipated changes in a warmer climate are seldom
carried out. Moreover, a recent study based on long term direct measurement of net ecosystem
exchange from Pine and Oak dominated forest patch indicate that Pine forest ecosystem may
have higher carbon sequestration rate than an Oak forest ecosystem, indicating potential for a
detail study on this aspect. Therefore, this proposal is framed such that it would address multiple research and policy issues pertaining to the hydrometeorology and ecosystem services of PineOak system of Indian Himalayan region.
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Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: |
State Govt. Departments, ATREE, etc.
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Activity Chart (For 3 years) |
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| Project Objectives |
Quantifiable Deliverables |
Monitoring Indicators |
| • Assessment of Pine and Oak forest distribution under a warmer climate over Himalayaactivities in the state based on sector and regional specific vulnerability & risk assessment. |
• Assessment reports on Pine and Oak transpiration rates of Himalaya linking with water balance and recharge of ground water/springs (3 representative sites) |
• Database on Pine and Oak transpiration rates (Nos.) |
| • Assessment of hydrological budget of Pine-Oak dominated watersheds and future scenarios under a warmer climate |
• New hydro-meteorological database of two (02) watersheds in three (03) IHR States in GIS format; |
• Hydro-meteorological database (No.) |
| • Assessment of microclimate variability of Pine-Oak dominated forests and future changes under a warmer climate and its societal implications |
• High-resolution land and climate model products (1970 - 2099); |
• Number of spring Geo-tagged (nos.) |
| • Assessment of eco-hydro-climatological processes with information theory based process network and understanding resilience under shock |
• Technical reports on Ecological integrity of two dominant forests; |
• Climate Model products (Nos.) |
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• At least 08 Knowledge products: 04 quality research publications including journal articles, 02 book chapters, and 03 policy briefs. |
• Reports/Research articles/Policy documents prepared and published (Nos.) |
