Social forestry means:

Related Mcqs:

1. Agro-forestry and social forestry concept is:

   A. An inter-disciplinary approach to systems of land use
   B. It implies an awareness of interactions and feedback between man and environment
   C. Between demand and available resources in a given area
   D. Which – under certain conditions – require optimization and sustained management rather that ever-increasing exploitations
   E. All of the above

2. Benefits of social forestry are:

   A. Betterment of environment
   B. Reduction of pollution
   C. Protection from wind, conservation of moisture
   D. Reduction of moisture
   E. All of the above

3. Social forestry is:

   A. With the renewed interest in the role of trees for environmental conservation
   B. For meeting the day-to-day needs of the people in respect of various forest produce much has been written on the subject
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

4. Social forestry in public and private sectors are:

   A. Accelerate amenity linear tree planting along all government roads, canals and railways
   B. Canal side plantations are more commercial than amenity
   C. Involve social institutions, NGOs and industries in amenity planting at public places like hospitals, schools
   D. All of the above

5. Forestry education and training means:

   A. Strengthen and expand specialization in watershed, wildlife and environmental sciences
   B. Introduce training in high technology like genetic engineering and computer modelling
   C. Open up training of social foresters to qualified universities
   D. All of the above

6. Forestry legislation and tenure means:

   A. Revise the 1927 Forest Act to make it less punitive and more participatory in its approach
   B. Consolidate and amend other laws to update and bring them into harmony with new policy demands and the national Conservation Strategy
   C. Planted land use
   D. All of the above

7. Private investment in forestry means:

   A. Encourage corporate forestry by providing easy credits, public land leasehold concessions and other facilities
   B. Consider the possibility of issuing government bonds to attract private capital for funding big forestry projects
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

8. Use oriented forestry are:

   A. Industrial forestry
   B. Energy forestry
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

9. Urban forestry is:

   A. It is specialized branch of forestry that has as its objective the cultivation and management of trees for their present
   B. Potential contribution to the physiological, socio-logical and economic wellbeing of urban society
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. The main problems faced in implementing community forestry are:

    A. Villagers feel apprehensive of the programme, which they feel is another version of taking away their land by the government
    B. Programme needs community’s voluntary cooperation and cannot be imposed on it
    C. Programme should be based on the trust and confidence on both sides
    D. Alternate employment opportunities made available locally reduce pressures on forests
    E. All of the above