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The Plan Vivo Foundation certifies community-led climate and forest conservation initiatives, including REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) projects. In India, the Khasi Hills Community REDD+ project in Meghalaya is recognized as the first Plan Vivo-certified REDD+ project. It focuses on community-managed forests, where local Khasi communities actively participate in forest conservation, sustainable land use, and carbon sequestration activities.
The other options, such as Uttarakhand and Sikkim-based initiatives, are important forest and climate projects but were either developed later or are not the first Plan Vivo-certified REDD+ initiative in India. The ICFRE–ICIMOD transboundary project is a regional cooperation effort but not the earliest certified Plan Vivo REDD+ project in the country.
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