Pollution and plants: Changing policy paradigms

Abstract

Today, urban areas are afflicted with numerous problems, viz. increasing population, unplanned urbanisation, limited resources, industrialisation, deforestation and over-increasing pollution from different sectors which are disrupting the climate cycle. The world is witnessing huge upsurge in GHG emission level and now working more meticulously then never before to mitigate and adapt to this changing scenario. The transportation, industry and energy sectors are coming up as killer sector impacting economies negatively. This chapter gives the current Indian pollution scenario and discusses various interventions at policy levels, i.e. National Forest Policy (Available at www.moef.gov.in. Accessed on 3 Jan 2016, 1988), GIM, Compensatory Afforestation and REDD+. It recognises the need for policy development at sectoral level and its proper evaluation and implementation.