FORESTRY
SOCIAL FORESTRY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Van mahotsav
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Social forestry programme
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Chipko movement
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Quit India movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Plant Preservation. It was a Plant Preservation movement. It was started in 1970 aimed at protecting trees. It was started in the northern Himalayan segment i.e. Uttarakhand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chipko Movement is a programme associated with Forest conservation. In the 1970’s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -Names like Gaura Devi, Sudesha Devi and Bachani Devi became prominent during Chipko Movement.
Detailed explanation-4: -The overall objective of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme is ecological restoration of degraded forests and to develop the forest resources with peoples’ participation, with focus on improvement in livelihoods of the forest-fringe communities, especially the poor.