Forest Resources and Management

Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve community participation?

• Joint Forest Management

• Beej Bachao Andolan

• Demarcation of wild life Sanctuaries

• Chipko Movement

What is called for the practice of regulating forest resources to meet the needs of society and industry while preserving the forest’s health?

• Environmental protection

• Sustainable Forest Management

• Forest policy framework

• Unsustainable Forest Management

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Where can we find coniferous forest in India?

• Deserts

• River Deltas

• Grassland

• Himalayas

How forests increase the atmosphere’s humidity?

• By Transpiration

• By photosynthesis

• By nitrogen fixation

• By evaporation

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What was the aim of Chipko movement?

• Human rights

• Political rights

• Agricultural expansion

• Forest conservation

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Sacred Groves are:

• parts of large forests that have been left untouched by the locals and as regarded as sacred.

• places for grazing animals.

• forests earmarked for commercial felling of trees.

• forests used for planting trees with medicinal properties.

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The Chipko Movement in the Himalayas to protect the forest cover was started by

• Dr Aruna Roy of Kisan Mazdur Vikas

• Medha Patkar

• Sunder Lai Bahuguna

• Dr Anil Agarwal of CSE

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Which one of the following is not responsible for the decline in India’s biodiversity?

• Mining activities

• Hunting and poaching

• Forest fire

• Afforestation

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Which one of the following is not considered a consequence of deforestation?

• Desertification

• Food Shortage

• Displacement of local communities

• Biodiversity enrichment

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Which of the following community in Rajasthan has a religious tenet of conservation of forest and wildlife ?

• Agarwal

• Gujjar

• Bishnoi

• Jain