India Development Compass Ep 2: Forests, Climate & Communities

Ajouté : 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]I believe one mantra which we felt being a program is that as in communities and businesses must derive the benefit from the forest equally after we protecting the forest rights of the community then only it becomes rational that a forest to be protected. So whether it is state of Maharashtra or other states looking for a trillion dollar economy, forest plays a major role in balancing it in a right manner. The traditional value system what we have irrespective of its forest or any other business is very very strong in India. That could help India in the forest space very strong and on the top of it the new modern technology which is coming in it would not replace the traditional system.

[00:00:37]Amazon recently announced that they would have own forest based carbon credit and being a little bit more nationalistic I think India has a fantastic opportunity at the landscape and the forest we have it would not just to copy this model rather create something very unique of its own.