page_title: Compensatory Afforestation
section_title: Negative Impact
hierarchical_section_title: Compensatory Afforestation / Impacts / Negative Impact
caption_attribution_description: English: Trees
context_page_description: Compensatory Afforestation is defined as the process of afforestation, and associated regeneration activities are done to compensate for destroyed forest land that has been diverted to non-forest activities. In this context, non-forest activities mean the clearing of a forest or just a small part for the following purposes: Coffee cultivation, rubber, tea, plants with oil, medicinal plants or gardening crops. This may be for the purpose of personal use or for business use--or any other purpose other than the reforestation of the forest.
  Even though the forests are cut down, this process of Compensation Afforestation ensures that the forest is still put into good use. Although the excellent use of the forest does not equal to the role of the forests that have been cut, the use that the land created has been delegated is as essential as the forest since forests can always be reclaimed and planted back.
  Compensatory afforestation is also a means of creating and forming optional replacements of land that is used or purposes that does not entail a forest. Non-forest purposes include the activities, for example, cultivation or redevelopment in an area that had forests previously.
context_section_description: The implementation of compensatory afforestation may result in the destruction of natural forests which may interfere with the ecosystem of the location. Because it advocates deforestation then the creation of entirely new forests. Notably, compensatory afforestation does not inhibit human activities on forests but rather creates room for them and calls for the planting of new ones. This has adverse impacts on the flora and fauna since natural forests present more benefits in terms of diversity compared to the artificial ones. Further, due to corruption, a report released in 2018 showed that CAMPA violates the Forest Conservation Act by allowing forests to be cleared and later grown by the same investors in the same location. This promotes wood-logging and destruction of natural habitats. For instance, in India compensatory afforestation has been blamed for presenting opportunities for the destruction of forests by established corporations yet the compensation is not equitable to the forests destroyed. Undoubtedly, the legitimization of forests destruction and encroaching of community owned lands can be attributed to compensatory afforestation. Destruction of a forest in a given location especially in towns results to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which affects air quality.
caption: Afforestation Issue
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