INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION

NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do you mean by ‘reserved forest’?
A
Reserved for local use
B
Reserved for commercial exploitation
C
Reserved for hunting
D
Reserved for growing medicinal herbs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These are the forests, which enjoy judicial fortification based on legitimate systems. These are the protected forests with the natural habitat exhibiting a high degree of protection from any kind of poaching and hunting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Forest acts a few forests producing deodar or sal trees were declared Reserved Forests. These trees were considered valuable timber by the British. So, pastoralists were not allowed to enter these reserved forests.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reserved forests are the protected forests with the natural habitat that has high degree of protection from any kind of hunting and poaching.

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, Sariska National Park was declared a reserved forest in 1955, upgraded to a wildlife sanctuary in 1958, a Tiger Reserve in 1978 and then a National Park in 1992.

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