NIRAM - Modified Miyawaki Technique for Forest Creation: Case Study from Trichy, Tamil Nadu State, India

The change in climate has adverse effects on food chains, plant, and animal habitats. The unexpected natural disasters such as flood, drought, rise in sea level could affect not only the community and the ecology of the region. The deforestation and degradation of natural resources carried out in the past leads to deterioration of wild plant species and animal kingdom. For addressing climate variations, restoring forest ecosystems and recreating forests could be better solution. Since the creation of forests could take much more years, the technique of creating green cover in shorter span of time also gains importance across the continents. More coherent initiatives such as expanding forest cover, restoration for forests and urban forests are imperative and need of the hour. Apart from ecological benefits, globally, 1.6 billion people nearly 25% of the world’s population rely on forests for their livelihoods. The forests provide US$ 75-100 billion per year in goods and services such as clean water and healthy soils and the forests are home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.