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Forest and Wildlife Resources

1. Why do we need to conserve our forest and wildlife?


 Ans. Conservation in the background of rapid decline in wildlife population and
forestry has become essential.
 Conservation preserves the ecological diversity and our life support systems – water,
air and soil.
 It also preserves the genetic diversity of plants and animals for better growth of
species and breeding.
 For example, in agriculture, we are still dependent on traditional crop varieties.
 Fisheries too are heavily dependent on the maintenance of aquatic biodiversity

2. Explain the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act.


Ans. The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in 1972, with various
provisions for protecting habitats.
 An all India list of protected species was also published.
 The thrust of the programme was towards protecting the remaining population of
certain endangered species by banning hunting, giving legal protection to their
habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife.
 Subsequently, central and many state governments established national parks and
wildlife sanctuaries.
 The central government also announced several projects for protecting specific
animals, which were gravely threatened, including the tiger, the one horned
rhinoceros, the Kashmir stag or hangul, three types of crocodiles – fresh water
crocodile, saltwater crocodile and the Gharial, the Asiatic lion, and others.
 Most recently, the Indian elephant, black buck (chinkara), the great Indian bustard
(godawan) and the snow leopard, etc. have been given full or partial legal protection
against hunting and trade throughout India.

3. How are forests in India classified?


Ans. Forests are classified under the following categories.
 (i) Reserved Forests: More than half of the total forest land has been declared
reserved forests. Reserved forests are regarded as the most valuable as far as the
conservation of forest and wildlife resources are concerned.
 (ii) Protected Forests: Almost one-third of the total forest area is protected forest, as
declared by the Forest Department. This forest land are protected from any further
depletion.
 (iii) Unclassed Forests: These are other forests and wastelands belonging to both
government and private individuals and communities.

4. Give examples of forest conservation by communities in India.


Ans. In some areas of India, local communities are struggling to conserve these
habitats along with government officials, recognising that only this will secure their
own long-term livelihood.
 In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, villagers have fought against mining by citing the
Wildlife Protection Act.
 The inhabitants of five villages in the Alwar district of Rajasthan have declared 1,200
hectares of forest as the Bhairodev Dakav ‘Sonchuri’, declaring their own set of rules
and regulations which do not allow hunting, and are protecting the wildlife against
any outside encroachments.
 Certain societies revere a particular tree which they have preserved from time
immemorial. For example, the Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region
worship mahua and kadamba trees.
 The famous Chipko movement in the Himalayas has not only successfully resisted
deforestation in several areas but has also shown that community afforestation with
indigenous species can be enormously successful.
 Attempts to revive the traditional conservation methods or developing new methods
of ecological farming are now widespread. Farmers and citizen’s groups like the Beej
Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of
diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and
economically viable.
 In India joint forest management (JFM) programme furnishes a good example for
involving local communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests.

5. What is Joint Forest Management? Explain.


 Ans. In India joint forest management (JFM) programme furnishes a good example
for involving local communities in the management and restoration of degraded
forests.
 The programme has been in formal existence since 1988 when the state of Odisha
passed the first resolution for joint forest management.
 JFM depends on the formation of local (village) institutions that undertake
protection activities mostly on degraded forest land managed by the forest
department.
 In return, the members of these communities are entitled to intermediary benefits
like non timber forest produces and share in the timber harvested by ‘successful
protection’.

6. Write a note on sacred groves.


 Ans. Nature worship is an age old tribal belief based on the premise that all creations
of nature have to be protected. Such beliefs have preserved several virgin forests in
pristine form called Sacred Groves (the forests of God and Goddesses).
 These patches of forest or parts of large forests have been left untouched by the
local people and any interference with them is banned.
 Certain societies revere a particular tree which they have preserved from time
immemorial. The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota Nagpur region worship mahua
(Bassia latifolia) and kadamba (Anthocaphalus cadamba) trees, and the tribals of
Odisha and Bihar worship the tamarind (Tamarindus indica) and mango (Mangifera
indica) trees during weddings. To many of us, peepal and banyan trees are
considered sacred.
 Indian society comprises several cultures, each with its own set of traditional
methods of conserving nature and its creations.

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