Question

A forestation with the pin pose of environmental, aesthetic and economic development is known as
A. Integrated afforestation
B. Scientific forest conservation
C. Social forestry
D. Integrated forest management

Answer 1

Hint: Forestation is the establishment of a forest natural way or artificial way on an area which was previously for forests or not so as to cover the area with trees or forest. Deforestation is the process of removing trees, stands, or plants where the land will be converted into non forest use. Afforestation is the process of making or establishing forest on where there was no forest.

Complete Answer:
Causes of deforestation are agriculture activities, urbanization, deforestation of land, forest fires. Effects of deforestation are climate imbalance, soil erosion, floods, increasing global warming level.

Need of afforestation: As the deforestation and global environmental problems due to industrialization are growing more seriously, there is an urgent requirement for mankind to resolve them.

Advantages of afforestation: It increases greenery. It reduces desertification. It brings rain, it reduces pollution, it minimizes drought and global warming. Disadvantage of afforestation is nothing, because planting trees is always useful.

Reforestation is the process of replanting forest areas that have been abolished for the benefit of mankind.

Thus, the option (A) is correct.

Note: Deforestation is quite low in India as about (- 0.43% ) between 2009 - 2011. when compared to global of - 0.6%. In 1950, 40.48 million hectares was surrounded by forest. in 1980, it raised to 67.47 million hectares in India. According to the environment ministry, 76,72,337 trees were cut down in India.