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Accredited Compensatory Afforestation (ACA) Program
December 7 , 2023
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- 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.
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