Assam Jurisdictional REDD+ Project: Stakeholder map Socio-Economic report of Nagaon Forest Division Lowering Emissions and Enhancing Forests (LEEF) in Nagaon, Assam Lowering Emissions and Enhancing Forests (LEEF) in Nagaon, Assam Socio-Economic report of Nagaon Forest Division Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation & IORA Ecological Solutions Socio-Economic report of Nagaon Forest Division Abbreviations AEDA Assam Energy Development Energy AFD French Development Agency ANR Assisted Natural Regeneration APFBC Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation BPL Below Poverty Line CPT Cattle Proof Trenches DoEF Department of Environment and Forests EDC Eco Development Committee EE Executive Entity EPT Elephant Proof Trenches ER Emission Reductions FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FGD Focus Grouped Discussions GDP Gross Development Product GHG Greenhouse Gas ICS Improved Cook Stove IPCC Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change JFMC Joint Forest Management Committee LEEF Lowering Emissions, Enhancing Forests MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act NDC Nationally Determined Contributions NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce PDD Project Design Document QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SAPCC State Action Plan for Climate Change SDG Sustainable Development Goals SHG Self Help Group UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change VFC Village Forest Committee pg. 3 Contents ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................... 6 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 2 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE ......................................................................................................................................... 9 3 OVERVIEW OF NAGAON DISTRICT ..................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS ............................................................................................................................................ 10 3.3 PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NAGAON .............................................................................................................................. 11 3.4 LIVELIHOOD .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.5 OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................. 15 4 METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH ...................................................................................................................... 15 4.1 DEFINING THE SCOPE ................................................................................................................................................ 15 4.2 LIMITATION OF THE SURVEY ....................................................................................................................................... 15 4.3 APPROACH TO THE SURVEY AND ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 15 4.4 TOOLS USED............................................................................................................................................................. 16 4.5 SAMPLING DESIGN .................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.6 TARGET POPULATION ............................................................................................................................................... 18 4.7 SAMPLING METHOD .................................................................................................................................................. 18 5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS .............................................................................................................................. 22 5.1 BACK GROUND OF STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................. 22 5.2 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE ....................................................................................................................................... 23 5.3 FOREST DEPENDENCY .............................................................................................................................................. 27 5.4 DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION AND THE FOREST DEGRADATION .................................................................................... 41 5.5 INTERVENTION DETAILS ............................................................................................................................................. 43 5.6 INTERVENTION PLAN ................................................................................................................................................. 44 5.7 INTERVENTION MATRIX ............................................................................................................................................. 45 6 ANNEXURE I: QUESTIONNAIRES ......................................................................................................................... 64 7 ANNEXURE II: ATTENDANCE SHEETS ................................................................................................................ 77 8 ANNEXURE III: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SURVEY ....................................................................................... 78 List of Figures Figure 1: Overview of REDD+ (Courtesy WWF) ............................................................................................................... 7 Figure 2: District map of Nagaon ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 3: Forest cover map of Assam and circled portion represents Nagaon ............................................................... 13 Figure 4: Forest type of nagaon, 2015 ............................................................................................................................ 13 Socio-Economic report of Nagaon Forest Division Figure 5: Household Survey ............................................................................................................................................ 17 Figure 6: Focus Group Discussions ................................................................................................................................ 18 Figure 7: Survey team orientation and field testing the questionnaires........................................................................... 21 Figure 8: Population in % age of Sampled Household .................................................................................................... 23 Figure 9: Census Classification ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 10: Literacy status ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Figure 11: House type ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 12: Normal house structure in Nagaon ................................................................................................................. 25 Figure 13: Land holding pattern ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Figure 14: Primary and secondary occupation ................................................................................................................ 26 Figure 15: Source of energy for cooking ......................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 16: Fuelwood collection in the study area ............................................................................................................ 29 Figure 17: Source of fuelwood ........................................................................................................................................