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Conservation of Forest

Conservation of Plants and Animals I - Concepts

Forest

Conservation of Forest

Domestic Consequences of Deforestation

Global Consequences of Deforestation

Conservation of Forests and Wildlife

Ecosystem

Class - 8th ISO Subjects

Concept Explanation

Conservation of Forest

Reasons for forests degradation are :

Cutting of trees : or agricultural purpose results in loss of habitats of plants and animals, replanting of trees in a forest is very important part of conservation. In order to conserve forests the prevention of cutting down of trees is essential.

Excessive grazing: Increasing population of domestic animals has led to overgrazing which must be controlled to save forests.

Poisoning of Biodiversity: Avoiding disposal of wastes from cities, agricultural fields and industries into forests.

Conservation of forests : Forest conservation is the practice of planting and maintaining forested areas for the benefit and sustainability of future generations. Forest conservation acts to maintain, plan, and improve forested areas. Forests provide wildlife within a suitable habitat for living along with filtering groundwater and preventing runoff.

Methods to conserve forests : Conservation of forest can be done by :

Van Mahotsava : Van Mahotsava is an annual pan Indian tree planting festival. It is celebrated throughout the country in the first week of July month year.

Forest reserve : These are large protected areas of forest cover that are protected from human exploitation. Strict laws have been enacted to prevent the cutting of trees. Thus, forest reserves have been established to prevent deforestation and favoring plantation of more trees.

Chipko movement : The word chipko means " to stick" or "to embrace" or "to hug." Chipko movement was a non - violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them.

Reforestation : Reforestation is the process of planting new trees in areas where they have been removed by cutting or destroyed fire, diseases etc.

Laws to conserve forest : For conservation of forest different type of laws have been approved, like

Indian forest conservation act (1980) : According to this act no forest land can be diverted to non forest purpose without the approval of central government.

Indian forest conservation act ( 1927) : Basic objectives of this act is to establish village forest, reserved forest, and protected forest. It also check the movement of forest product and provide grazing.

Sample Questions

(More Questions for each concept available in Login)

Question : 1

Extensive plantation of trees to increase forest cover is
A. Deforestation
B. Afforestation
C. Agroforestry
D. Social forestry
Right Option : B
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Question : 2

Why we celebrate Van Mahotsav ?
A. Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in India to encourage people to plant more and more trees as they are being cut down on a large scale for industrialisation and urbanisation.
B. Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in India to make people aware about increasing industrialisation and urbanisation.
C. Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in India to aware people how we can decrease air pollution.
D. Van Mahotsav week is celebrated in India to make people aware that what are we getting from trees and why we need to cut trees.
Right Option : A
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Question : 3

What is reforestation ?
A. Increasing population of domestic animals has led to overgrazing which must be controlled to save forests.
B. It consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact.
C. Forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.
D. The process of planting new trees in areas where they have been removed by cutting or destroyed fire, diseases etc.
Right Option : D
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