HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -At present, reserved forests and protected forests differ in one important way: Activities including hunting, grazing, etc. in reserved forests are banned unless specific orders are issued otherwise.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reserved Forests: Reserve forests are the most restricted forests and are constituted by the State Government on any forest land or wasteland which is the property of the Government.

Detailed explanation-3: -In reserved forests, activities like lumbering, grazing and hunting are banned whereas in protected forests, the rights to all these activities are given to local communities. There is no difference between the two forests. Reserved forests are also known as protected forests.

Detailed explanation-4: -Area under agroforestry in agro-climatic zones of India has been mapped and estimated. Methodology for mapping agroforestry using high resolution remote sensing data. Estimated area in 15 agro-climatic zones come out to be 28.427 million ha, which is about 8.65 percent of the geographical area.