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प्रश्न
Enlist the causes of deforestation.
Give any two causes of deforestation.
Give any five causes of deforestation.
उत्तर
The causes of deforestation are:
- Intensive collection of firewood.
- Clearing of land for agriculture.
- Developing pastures for grazing animals.
- Carrying out mining activities.
- Obtaining land for construction of roads, dams and buildings.
- Selling wood for earning foreign exchange.
- Meeting the increasing demand of timber wood.
- Natural calamities like wildfire, floods, storms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc.
Notes
Students should refer to the answer according to their questions.
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Deforestation does not lead to
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Shifting cultivators
Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:
Plantation owners
People say that nothing goes waste in a forest. Can you explain, how?
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The variety of life forms is called ______.
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| Column P | Column Q | ||
| A | Chipko Movement | 1 | 1988 |
| B | National Forest Policy | 2 | 1974 |
| C | Joint Forest Management | 3 | 1980 |
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