Tag: land degradation
Questions Related to land degradation
Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?
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Joint forest management
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Beej Bachao Andolan
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Chipko Movement
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Demarcation of wildlife sanctuaries
- Joint forest management is a policy of forest
conservation in which the government and local communities strive for the conservation
of forests.
- Chipko Movement: Chipko Movement was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973. Alaknanda
floods alarmed people of how deforestation has resulted in the disturbance.
- Beej Bachao Andolan is a forest
conservatory movement which not only aimed at protecting traditional seeds but
also to promote the local traditions of the communities living there.
- All of the above movements involved
communities. But wildlife sanctuaries are demarcated to limit the entry of
local communities into forest areas this is done by the Government and Forest Department.
'Chipko' movement is associated with ______.
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Human rights
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Women welfare
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Religious activists
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Environmental conservation
Environmental conservation,
The Forest Research Institute is located at _____________.
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Gauhati
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Dehradun
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Bina
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Imphal
Prevention of soil erosion and preservation of its fertility is known as _______.
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Soil loss
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Soil management
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Land preservation
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Soil conservation
The Orang national park is located in _________.
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Gujarat
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Assam
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Sikkim
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Rajastan
The Orang National Park also known as Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam, India.
The joint forest management programme has involved the local communities, especially in _____.
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Punjab
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Kerala
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Orissa
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Gujarat
In India joint forest management (JFM) programme furnishes a good example for involving local communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests. The programme has been in formal existence since 1988 when the state of Orissa passed the first resolution for joint forest management. JFM depends on the formation of local (village) institutions that undertake protection activities mostly on degraded forest land managed by the forest department.
H.S. Gibson was the Deputy Conservator of Forests in ______.
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Darjeeling
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Nilgari
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Ooty
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Ootacamund
Deputy Commissioner is equivalent to divisional forest officer. H.S. Gibson was the Deputy Conservator of Forests in Darjeeling. Due to British rule there was a lot of deforestation in this area in early 20th century. Due to this deforestation there was a huge reduction in rainfall. Gibson worked for upliftment of forests in this area and was against deforestation.
Which one of the following bio-reserves of India is not included in the world network of bio-reserves?
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Manas
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Gulf of Mannar
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Nilgiri
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Nanda Devi
Depletion of forest is called _______.
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Deforestation
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Afforestation
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Social forestry
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Unclassed forest
Conservation strategy that directly involved community participation is called _______.
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Enrichment plantation
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Afforestation
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Chipko Movement
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Project Tiger
- The famous Chipko movement in the Himalayas has not only successfully resisted deforestation in several areas but has also shown that community afforestation with indigenous species can be enormously successful.
- Chipko Movement was initiated by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1927 and later the movement picked up its pace in 1973.
- Chipko Movement followed Gandhian method of non-violence and Satyagraha.