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Question
Give one example to show how the participation of local people can lead to the efficient management of forests.
Solution
Chipko Andolan shows how the participation of local people can lead to the efficient management of forests. It was started by the common people to conserve the forests. The movement originated in a remote village named Reni, in Garhwal. In this movement, when the workers of a contractor came to cut the trees in the absence of the men of the village, all the women clasped the tree trunks with their arms, in order to save the trees.
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