Question

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Answer 1

One of the best ways to conserve soil is to increase the area under forests. Undiscriminating trees cutting should be stopped and efforts should be made to plant trees in new areas. 20 to 25 per cent, as they say, is the minimum area of forest land for the whole country which is considered healthy for soil and water conservation. Nevertheless, it was raised to 33 per cent in the second five-year plan; the proportion being 20 per cent for the plains and 60 per cent for hilly and mountainous regions.

Answer 2

Answer:

Afforestation means Planting of trees and increasing forest cover.

Explanation:

For afforestation genrally non commercial trees are planted. Trees like Sal, Neem, Peepal and Banyan are planted. Government has brought several schemes for the same.

For conservation of land there are several ways

• Plantation of trees
• Stopping land fragmentation
• promoting land conservation practices
• Govt. has brought Svamitva yojana for mapping of lands using drones. this will also help in land conservation.