Tag: forest and wildlife laws - environmental ethics and resource use
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Government of India is putting more stress on planting quick growing trees which yield better fodder and fuel. It is under
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Afforestation
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Forest conservation
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Social forestry
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All of the above
Chipko movement in the year 1974 in Garhwal Himalayas involved
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Protecting tigers
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Preventing soil erosion by planting trees
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Preventing pollution by closing down industries
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Hugging trees to prevent the contractors from felling them
Chipko movement in the year 1974 in Garhwal Himalayas involved hugging trees to prevent the contractors from felling them. This movement was started in March 1974 in Gopeshwar in Chamoli District and was headed by Chandi Prasad Bhatt of Gopeshwar and Sunder Lal Bahuguna of silyara in Tehri region. It was started for protecting trees. Local women showed enormous bravery in protecting trees from the axe of contractors by hugging them. People all over the world have acclaimed the Chipko Movement.
Social forestry is
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Management and protection of forest
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Afforestation of barren and deforested lands
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Done with the purpose of helping environmental, social and rural development
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All of the above
Social forestry refers to the management & production of forest and afforestation of lands which are barren or have undergone deforestation. This is done to improve the environmental conditions
Planting of trees on unused farm land, road and rail ride etc. is called as
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Social forestry
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General forestry
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Agro forestry
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Commercial forestry
The 'National Commission on Agriculture', Government of India, first used the term social forestry in 1976. It was then that India embarked upon a social forestry project with the aim of taking the pressure off the forests and making use of all unused and fallow land. Government forest areas that are close to human settlement and have been degraded over the years due to human activities needed to be afforested. Trees were to be planted in and around agricultural fields. Plantation of trees along railway lines and roadsides, and river and canal banks were carried out. They were planted in village common land, Government wasteland and panchayat land.
'Social forestry' aims at
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Growing different types of plantations together
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Growing one type of trees on the land
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Management of forests by villiige bodies
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Management of forests by cooperative societies
Social forestry is the forestry by the people and for the people, whose main purpose is to fulfill the needs of forestry, which are - manure, food, fruit, fibre and productive capacity.
(ii) To increase fuel availability and to increase the food modification by increasing fruit production.
(iii) To encourage plantation of large and beautiful trees, which provide shadow to enhance the natural beauty and to plant all around the cultivation field to increase production.
(iv) To encourage environment conservation by plantation and to create general consciousness regarding environment conservation.
(v) To enhance the natural beauty of the villages and cities by plantation.
National Forest Policy was enunciated in
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1972
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1978
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1982
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1988
Thw National Forest Policy which emphasised on protecting the forests & maintaining the ecological balance & stability was enunciated in the year 1988.
In which of the following areas, Clark R Bavin Awards are given?
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Sports
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Wildlife Protection
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Films & Television
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Journalism
Which among the following is a wildlife trade monitoring network?
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DISS
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PETA
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UN- HABITAT
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TRAFFIC
The Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 was first amended in
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1991
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1995
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2001
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2007
The Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 was first amended in 1991. It is enacted for protection of plants and animal species and controling poaching, smuggling and illegal trade in wildlife and its derivatives.
Wild life protection act was formulated during the period of _______________
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Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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Lal Bahadur Shasthri
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Rajiv Gandhi
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Morarji Desai