Lucknow: Bringing a major policy change to curb a carbon footprint in the most populous state in the country and to compensate for industrial carbon emissions, the Government of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday issued orders made it mandatory for the industry to adopt Japanese afforestation techniques.
Under the technique, the State Pollution Control Agency (UPPCB) has recommended the industry to grow high density micro forests on a minimum of 150 square meters of land to meet the required requirements of 33% of the total industry area.
Orders signed by the Additional Secretary of the Chief, Forest, Manoj Singh, “Standard Operations Procedure (SOP) has been developed by the UPPCB for Miyawaki’s affection techniques.
To control air pollution caused by the industry, the Miyawaki plantation method is very effective, because these plantations have the capacity of around 10 times more to absorb air pollutants.
Therefore, to develop green belts, mandatory for industrial units to adopt Japanese techniques.
Technical guidance will be provided by division forest officers who will monitor the Miyawaki method-based plantation.
“If the industrial unit fails to comply with commands, appropriate actions including the revocation license to operate will be taken, “Read a copy of the order.
In Miyakawi forests only the original species, which were originally found in forest land in the area were planted in a specially prepared forest forest land that had organic matter, water retention and marketing along with culture of microorganisms.
Such forests have more than 99% survival and need minimum maintenance.
Forests planted by this methodology grew 10 times faster, they were 30 times more dense, 100 percent of bio diverse and natural.
In the past year, the government has discussed more than 19 hectares of land with micro forests in Lucknow’s Kukrail, Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Ghaziabad.
Talking to TOI, Ashish Tiwari, Secretary of the Environment and Change of Forest Climate said, “This technique is a vital solution to compensate for carbon emissions in a very dense landscape such as where land availability for limited forest growth.
Miyawaki Forest can be planted in a minimum area of 150 square meters To meet the required required 33% of the total area of land owned by an industry.
Such efforts will compensate for carbon footprint.
“It costs around Rs 30,000 to develop Miyawaki forests in a 150 square meter area.
UPPCB is now focusing on bringing educational institutions and residential areas to voluntarily adopt the Japanese plantation method.
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