- Nomadic shepherd drove their flock every summer in this area.
15.12 (c) Causes of Damages to Forests :
(i) Local people damage forest to fulfill their daily needs.
(ii)Deforestation caused by industrial needs.
(iii) Deforestation caused for development projects like building
roads or dams.
(iv)By tourists or in making arrangements for tourists.15.12 (b) Conservation of Forests :
- it includes the following methods :
(i) Afforestation. It is the practice of transforming an area into forest
have not grown there, it involves
three types of forestry programmes.
(A) Social and Environmental forestry. It involves raising of trees
for firewood, fodder and agricultural implements for the benefit of
rural and trial community.
(B) Agro forestry. It is an absolute commercial forestry developed
to fulfill the need of various forest based industries. It is done on the
fallow land or free-grazing lands.
(C)Urban forestry. In involves growing of ornamental
trees along roads, vacant lands and common parts of urban areas.
(ii)People participation in forest management :
(A) The Sal forests in West Bengal got reduced alarmingly in 1972.
(B) Surveillance and policing to protect resulted frequent clash
between forest official and the villagers.
(C) The department then changed its strategy and in Asabari forest,
villagers were involved in
protection of the badly damaged Sal forest.
(D) In return, villagers were given employment and were allowed to
collect firewood and fodder at
nominal fee.