Question

Explain how would the involvement of local people be useful for successful management of forests

Answer 1

Compaction is a process that brings about an increase in soil density or unit weight, accompanied by a decrease in air volume. There is usually no change in water content. The degree of compaction is measured by dry unit weight and depends on the water content and compactive effort (weight of hammer, number of impacts, weight of roller, number of passes). For a given compactive effort, the maximum dry unit weight occurs at an optimum water content.

Answer 2

The involvement of local people is useful for successful management of Forest. It's one of the big example is...

$\textbf{Chipko Movement :}$

The Chipko movement started in the Himalayas of Uttar Pradesh in 1970's.

The main purpose of this movement was to prevent cutting of trees which leads to deforestation.

A contractor was given permission to cut down the trees in a forest near the village. However, the villagers were against the decision. 

On a particular day, when the men folk in the village were away at work, the employees of the contractor visited the forest to cut down the trees. 

Indian villagers, mainly the women have participated in this movement. They adopted Gandhian method of Satyagraha by hugging the trees and saving them from being cut down.

Women became part of this movement as a main driver, along with environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna started this movement.

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