A. Meet country’s requirements of timber, fuelwood, fodder and other products and environmental needs by increasing the forest area from 4.2 percent to 10 percent during next fifteen years
B. Promote social forestry programmes including watershed in hills and farm forestry in plains
C. Generate opportunities for income and self-employment for the rural populace
D. Take anti-desertification measures and rehabilitate water logged, saline and degraded lands through vegetation treatment
E. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- The incentives have been provided in the Forest Policy of 1991 is:
A. Exemption of custom duties on aerial ropeways and skyline cranes used exclusively for forest exploitation and management
B. Introduction of tree insurance scheme on a pilot project basis
C. Study tours abroad for progressive farmers to update their knowledge
D. All of the above - The major tool in the hands of the Forest Departments to protect forest areas is the Forest Act of 1927. Its salient features are:
A. Government is the supreme owner of forestland
B. Forests have been classed as reserved forests, protected forests, unclassed forests and community forests (Guzara forests), according to the need of protection
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these - Suggestions for revising forest Act 1927 and forest policy are:
A. Punishment for the wood damage should be revised
B. Undue political involvement should be stopped
C. Organizational set up of the forest department must be strong and broad based
D. Agroforestry practices should be increased in irrigated plantations
E. All of the above - Forest fires cause millions of rupee of damage each year to the forest. Within the span of a few hours, hard work of generations of forest officers can be ruined. Causes of fires is / are :
A. Burning of grass and undergrowth along patches frequented by villagers for easy passage
B. Burning to facilitate the collection of minor produce
C. Burning of grass by graziers for the sake of the tender grass, which comes up after a fire
D. Fires caused by sparks from locomotive engines passing through the forest
E. All of the above - In the policy statement of 1991, it has, therefore, been laid out that:
A. Forests are managed intensively and the pilot projects started in Kaghan valley in Hazara and Kalam valley in Malakand Civil Divisions are replicated at other suitable locations
B. Extraction from coniferous forests is limited to public sector only. Timber harvesting has already been departmentalized in four provinces and Azad Kashmir
C. The jurisdictional charges of forest personnel are rationalized to make them more manageable
D. All of the above - National forest policy for Pakistan – The needs and principles in the case of Pakistan are:
A. Pakistan’s mainstay is agriculture, which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
B. Because of inadequate forest resources Pakistan must concentrate on developing new plantations.
C. The country is heavily populated and faces an energy crisis. Since there is little scope to increase the area of state forests, agro-forestry programmes should be of vital concern to meet fuelwood requirements.
D. Both (a) & (b)
E. None of these - What are the objective and necessity of a separate and special forest law?
A. Forest rights: Estates to be placed under forest management are often burdened with rights adverse to the public
B. Forest contain a variety of produce like soil, undergrowth, grass, minerals
C. The ignorant population considers forest as everybody’s property
D. The receipts from the forest belong to the state, therefore, laws are necessary for its punctual realization
E. All of the above - In the Pakistan Forest Policy and efforts will be made to:
A. Implement programmes to minimize environmental pollution and environmental hazards through tree conservation and planting
B. Develop a framework and prepare programmes for establishing green wind breaks on arid lands to check erosion and desertification
C. Establish green areas in all cities having populations of 50,000 or more
D. All of the above - National forest policy for Pakistan – the need:
A. Is guided and influenced by the social, economic
B. And environmental needs of a country, both present and future
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these - National forest policy for Pakistan means:
A. Pakistan mainstary is agriculture which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
B. Because of inadequate forest resources Pakistan must concentrate on developing new plantations.
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of these
The correct answer to the question: "The major objective of Pakistan Forest Policy 1991 are:" is "All of the above ".
