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Afforestation is part of India’s climate pledges. The government has committed to adding (cumulative) carbon sink of 2.5-3 GtCO2e through additional forest and tree cover by 2030. According to the environment ministry, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority promotes afforestation and regeneration activities to compensate for forest land diverted to non-forest uses. When forest land is diverted to non-forest use, such as a dam or a mine, that land can longer provide its historical ecosystem services nor host biodiversity. According to the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, the project proponent that wishes to divert the land must identify land elsewhere to afforest and pay the land value and for the afforestation exercise.