Question

describe CFM and other social forestry projects

Answer 1



Social Forestry near Mothugudem of Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh, India

Social forestry means the management and protection of forest and afforestation of barren and deforested lands with the purpose of helping environmental, social and rural development.

The term, social forestry, was first used in 1976 by The National Commission on Agriculture, Government of India. It was then that India embarked upon the social forestry project with the aim of taking the pressure off currently existing forests by planting trees on all unused and fallow land.[citation needed] Social forestry is basically for the people by the people and of the people approach