India: the false promises of reforestation

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In Uttarakhand, northern India, torrential rains caused flooding. (Illustrative image) AP - Mustafa Quraishi

By: Sébastien Farcis Follow

India is the third most important polluter on the planet, responsible for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

To absorb part of this carbon, the country has undertaken to significantly increase the size of its forest cover.

But how do you get there, when this Asian giant, in full economic expansion, keeps cutting trees to build roads or airports?

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India has therefore set up a compensation system: it allows companies that cut trees to pay to replant elsewhere.

However, this controversial mechanism does not fulfill all of its promises.

On the eve of COP26, our correspondents in India, Sébastien farcis and Côme Bastin, investigated.  

"India: the false promises of reforestation", a Grand report by Sébastien Farcis.

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