Carbon Neutral Meenangadi
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Meenangadi Grama Panchayath, Wayanad Powered by Thanal
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• Post Paris climate commitments, Dr. Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister of Kerala wanted to initiate carbon neutral Wayanad and Meenangadi Grama Panchayath volunteered to do a pilot to be first Carbon Neutral Panchayath of the State.
• On 5 th June 2016, the project was formally launched
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• Situated in Sulthan Bathery block, Wayanad district of Kerala
• 8199 house holds across 19 wards with a population of 34601 (as per Panchayat records)
• Agrarian economy – 76% of the population depends on agriculture
• Home to crops that are thermo-sensitive and vulnerable to climate change such as Coffee, paddy & pepper. Areca nut banana are the other major crops .
• Commercial activity centred around Mysore National Highway & Mananthavady-Sulthan Bathery State Highway.
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4 major streams & 23 rivulets. Aquaduct connected to Karapuzha dam
Vanishing shade trees in Rice fields getting converted to coffee plantations. Banana fields & then to In general rural Areacanut , ginger, tapioca etc. behaviour dominates for samples across 19 wards
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Inference: • Decreasing South West Monsoon (June – September) • Stabilized North East Monsoon (October – November)
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40.0 Peaks & Dips in Daily Min Temp: Summer
y = 0.045x - 68.51 Max of Daily Min Temp y = -0.054x + 124.7 Min of Daily Min Temp 32.5
25.0
17.5 Max Daily Temp (deg Celsius) (deg Temp Daily Max
10.0
1980 1985 1990 1995 Year 2000 2005 2010 2015 Inference: • Increasing daily minimum temperature • Unpredictability in Temperature (Summer: March - May)
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Thanal , an environmental organization was entrusted to carry out benchmarking of carbon stock and emission in Meenangadi Panchayath and to propose a road map for carbon neutral status
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Powered by Thanal Benchmarking Carbon
Sectors assessed for Carbon Emission and Sequestration Energy Soil Carbon
Waste Homestead Trees AFOLU & Lifestock Forest & plantation Transport
EMISSION STOCK
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Powered by Thanal Methodology Energy
• Sample surveys with the help of questionnaires have been Total emission from conducted among households and commercial institutions and *7154 ton. major Institutions in the Panchayath . energy sector • Stratified random sampling method was used based on socio economic profile of people • Energy audit was done for Panchayath building Annual electricity • 10604.4 For electricity consumption, secondary data of total electricity consumption of meenangadi consumption was taken from KSEB (MWh) • The survey also included the questions on other energy sources 7722.5 including, fuel wood, use of solar energy, biogas etc. Household (MWh) • The survey also included questions on use of light bulbs and tube lights Commercial` 2081.4 • 14% of the population was collected as samples and were (MWh) processed to find average and extrapolated to the population • Carbon equivalency was calculated based on the standard Other 800.5 values which are accepted at international level for India. (MWh)
*Provisional data, subject to change
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• Sample surveys with the help of questionnaires have been conducted among households, commercial institutions and Weight major Institutions in the Panchayath. Activity` (in metric tonnes) • Stratified random sampling method was used based on socio Daily Yearly economic profile of people Commercial Bio Wastes 1.01 365.65 • A waste audit was done for sample households, where Household Bio Waste 3.99 1456.97 quantity of waste and characteristics of waste are measured Household Non-Bio along with existing practice of waste disposal and attitude 1.71 624.41 Waste towards waste and waste disposal. 6.71 2447.03 • 1200 responses were collected from 4 sample wards and processed to arrive at average which is then projected to the total population. • Waste audit was done for the current waste dumping station • Carbon equivalency was calculated based on the standard values which are accepted at international level for India
Total emission from *138 ton. waste sector *Provisional data, subject to change
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Land Use Of Meenangadi AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, OTHER LAND USE ``` (in acres) 2016-17 • Secondary data was collected on agriculture – mainly on Paddy and live stock (2016) Winter Summer Paddy • Carbon equivalency was calculated based on the standard 675 12 values of IPCC 2006 guidelines Coconut 728 Arecanut 1967 Livestock Population``` ( in Nos.) Cashew 31 Pepper 457 Mango 186 Cow 3904 Jack 621 Buffalo 248 Rubber 717 Total emission from Goat 1390 Coffee 6681 livestock Nutmeg 6 Poultry 10405 *4572 Ton. Cocoa 30 Dog 1584 Banana 778 Planatain 53 Rabbit 472 *Provisional data, subject to change
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Powered by Thanal Methodology Transport
• Sample surveys with the help of questionnaires have been conducted among households to gather information on vehicles and mode of transport • Secondary data was collected from the Fuel pumps to calculate the consumption of Petrol and Diesel • Volume count was done with the support of recorded video visuals of the road at different time intervals. on the major roads to find Peak time traffic • Roadside interviews were done with passengers and drivers • 2000 Nos of questionnaires were processed to find averages • Carbon equivalency was calculated based on the standard values which are accepted at international level for India. • The study is ongoing
Total emission from *18470 Ton. transportation sector
*Provisional data, subject to change
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Powered by Thanal Methodology Soil Carbon
• Secondary data from Department of Soil Avg Organic Avg Organic Carbon Survey Department was used to ascertain Extent Carbon Soil Series Carbon Stock the carbon stock in the soil of Panchayath (Ha) Content Content (%) (Tonnes ) • The data is from 1360 samples across 7 (Kg/ha) type of soils and the results are from 2016 tests. Amballavayal 249.563 1.03 96.17 24.001 • Qualitative assessment of carbon in the Meenangadi 1498.36 2.39 223.11 334.298 soil was done for 38 samples across the Muttil 427.74 1.73 161.58 69.115 Panchayath with the help of Soil Carbon Test kit developed by Bhabha Atomic Purakkadi 1354.92 1.07 99.99 135.482 Research Centre. Kambalakkad 683.698 1.42 133.04 90.961 Nayikolli 191.988 1.28 119.44 22.93 Miscellaneous 484.051 1.54 143.76 69.588 Total 4890.32 746.375
No. of soil series in Meenangadi 7 Total carbon sequestered in soil *746 Ton.
*Provisional data, subject to change
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• 50% of households were interviewed to No. of species of homestead list species, height, girth and age of the trees in Meenangadi is 64 trees in the homestead • Average height and girth was calculated Total Carbon Sequestrated is for each species of trees for 4 age group *608 Ton. to find species wise and age wise total volume • No. of trees in each age group was multiplied with the dry weight factor for each species to its total volume to find No. of Trees in the Homestead (Age wise ) carbon content • The dry weight factor for each species 30 yrs and 0-10 yrs 10 -20 yrs 20 -30 yrs Total was adapted from World Agro Forestry above Centre database (www.worldagroforestry.com ) 82,803 1,13,612 91,657 35,283 3,23,355
*Provisional data, subject to change
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• Secondary data was collected from Land use Board Sequestration Carbon and Department of Agriculture Area in factor in Category sequestration Ha tons/ha/yr • (in tonnes /yr ) Average height and girth was used to calculate Soil Biomass volume and it was projected based on number of Large coffee trees per hectare along with dry weight factor for 242.00 NA 1.84 445.28 Plantation dominant species Homestead 2,704.11 NA 1.84 4,975.57 Coffee Forests 178.47 0.3 46.9 8,370.08
Total Carbon Sequestered In Forest And Plantation *13,790 Tonnes *Provisional data, subject to change
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Sectors assessed for Carbon Emission and Sequestration
Energy 7154 #T. 746 T. Soil Carbon Waste 138 T. Homestead 608 T. AFOLU & 4572 T. Trees Lifestock Forest & Transport 18470 T. 13790 T. plantation EMISSION *30334 T. *15144 T. STOCK Deficit - *15190 T.
# Tonnes / Year *Provisional data, subject to change
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• Regular Bird monitoring surveys are carried out to find out seasonal variations Meenangadi Bird Monitoring Survey • Destination study on transportation • Agriculture productivity study No. of Species Observed (Wet Season) 149
• 149 Species from 53 families of birds were identified from 19 wards • 6 species are endemic to Western Ghats • 2 Birds come under IUCN red list category - ‘Near Threatened’ • 12 Species under schedule 1 category of WPA 1972 • Breeding of 24 species were recorded *WPA- Wildlife Protection Act 1972
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• Energy : *3450 ton. • Solar street light • Replacing of CFL / filament • Waste : *138 ton. bulbs with LED bulbs • • AFOLU : as per panchayat Solar roof tops policies • Energy park • Energy Efficient stoves • Transportation : as per citizen intiatives
• Household level composting • Community composting • Enhance recycling • Organic Farming
*Provisional data, subject to change
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Meenangadi Solar Energy Park cum Bus stand • *1000 Unit per day • *250KW Capacity • *300 Tonne Carbon Offset *Provisional data, subject to change
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Stock • Soil Carbon - Enhance the organic carbon and carbon stock to *1496 ton . • Planting additional trees - *15,000 Tons. • Forests and Plantations – expanding forests and plantations cover by 10% - *2750 Tons
*Provisional data, subject to change
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Trainings and Workshops
• Various trainings and workshops were conducted on different topics
• The cross-section of Meenangadi – officials, students, farmers, women and youngsters were participated
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Public Consultation
• Apart from the quantitative data of GHG emissions and sequestration, understanding the grass root level issues and needs of various communities is very important for the success of this project • Public consultations and stakeholder interactions were conducted at ward level and Panchayat level
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Awareness programmes and Orientations
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Nature Camp
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• Zero Waste
• Energy Efficiency & Energy Mix
• Regenerative Agriculture
• Climate Response Units
• Tree banking
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi Technical Cell Powered by Thanal Technical Support & Guidance
• PAN-India • Recycle Bin, Thiruvananthapuram • Ottotractions, Thiruvananthapuram • ACCER, Kerala Agricultural University • St. Mary’s H.S.S. Bathery • Kannur University • Govt. Polytechnic, Meenangadi • • Calicut University G.H.S.S. Meenangadi • IHRD College, Meenangadi • University of Arizona • N.I.T. Calicut • University of Manipal • G.E.C. Mananthavaady • RARS, Ambalavayal • Institute for Climate Change Studies, Kottayam
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