Accredited Compensatory Afforestation (ACA) Program
December 7 , 2023 425 days 985 0
The success of the Jamuna Open Cast Project (OCP) in Madhya Pradesh exemplified the success of this program.
It aims to reclaim the erstwhile coal field for afforestation.
It ceased mining activities in June 2014, due to resource depletion.
According to recent satellite data, 88.07% of the quarry area has been successfully reclaimed.
Compensatory afforestation is a program to ensure that the forest land diversion to non-forest purposes shall be accompanied by afforestation on an equal area of land.
It is a legal requirement under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act of 2016.