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First carbon-positive village
April 15 , 2019
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- Phayeng Village in Imphal, West district of Manipur has become India’s first carbon-positive settlement.
- Phayeng Village is a scheduled caste village of the Chakpa community.
- The residents transformed the village with funding under the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC), a central scheme to support adaptation to climate change impact in various states.
- A village is given carbon-positive tag if it sequesters more carbon than it emits, slowing accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and mitigating effects of climate change.
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