Question

Explain giving example where is active involvement of local people lead to efficient management of forest

Answer 1

The examples when the active involvement of local people led to efficient management of forests are:

Bishnoi Community in Rajasthan - They worked traditionally for the conservation of forests. Amrita Devi  Bishnoi sacrificed her life along with 363 others for the  Protection of ‘khejri’ trees in Khejarli village near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

The Chipko Andolan - or the ‘Hug the Trees Movement’ was the result of a grassroot level effort of the local  People to protect the forests. The movement originated  from an incident in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal in the Himalayas during the early 1970s. The local  People hugged the trees and prevented the contractors from felling the trees.