Which one of the following is the first Plan Vivo certified Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) project in India ?
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Answer: C. The Khasi Hills Community REDD+ project in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, run by a federation of traditional Khasi himas (chiefdoms), is India's first REDD+ project certified under the Plan Vivo standard, a system for community carbon projects. It protects about 27,000 hectares of community forest.
Watch for: Students who know ICFRE leads REDD+ in India may pick the government project.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the Uttarakhand project is not India's first Plan Vivo certified REDD+ project.
- B. Wrong because the ICFRE-ICIMOD initiative is a research and capacity-building project, not Plan Vivo certified.
- D. Wrong because the Sikkim community project is a later effort, not the first.
Source to check: Plan Vivo Foundation project registry (planvivo.org), Khasi Hills Community REDD+ Project
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