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Question
What do you understand by social forestry?
Solution
Social forestry means the management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the purpose of helping in environmental, social, and rural development.
The National Commission on Agriculture (1976) has classified social forestry into three categories. These are:
- Urban forestry,
- Rural forestry and
- Farm forestry.
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