The commission recommended social forestry as a way to encourage farming of trees for fuelwood, fodder, small timber, and other forest produce, with the involvement of the local community, to reduce pressure on traditional forests.
The Social Forestry programme was introduced in India based on the recommendation of
Asked in KPSC KAS Prelims 2014 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (Joint Forest Management (JFM) and community participation in conservation)
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Answer: C. Report of the National Commission for Agriculture 1976.
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- Of the following who is not related to "Chipko Movement"?
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- Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
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- The Chipko Movement is related to which one of the following issues ?
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