Conservation initiatives in the Budget

Key schemes announced in the budget are:

• MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes)

• It is a new programme that will facilitate mangrove plantations along India’s coastline and on saltpan lands. 
  • The programme will operate through “convergence between MGNREGS, Campa Fund and other sources.”
  • This new programme will aim at the intensive afforestation of coastal mangrove forests. 
• Amrit Dharohar
• This is a scheme that will be implemented over the next three years to encourage the optimal use of wetlands and enhance bio-diversity, carbon stock, eco-tourism opportunities and income generation for local communities.
• Amrit Dharohar will emphasise the importance of wetlands and their preservation, with an outlook that is inclusive of local communities as caretakers of the ecosystem.

 

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Q1) What are mangrove forests?

Mangroves are a special type of tre e that lives along tropical coastlines, rooted in salty sediments, often underwater.

Source: MISHTI, Amrit Dharohar, PM PRANAM: Conservation initiatives in the Budget