What is reserved or protected forests?
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Protected area managers, and the broader conservation community, will need to consider climate change in considering future management actions. Already, most conservation agencies have taken on board the need to factor climate change into their planning. For example, in 2008 WWF embarked on a new global conservation strategy (WWF, 2008a) which includes not only biodiversity goals but also a major focus on humanity’s “ecological footprint” (demand on the biosphere in terms of the area of biologically productive land and sea required to provide the resources used and to absorb the waste produced by society). Addressing climate change is a key objective.
In addition to using the creation of protected areas and the number of hectares of threatened habitat under protection as indicators for measuring progress in achieving conservation goals, protected area management will need to address the following additional dimensions to take account of climate change.
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Forests owned by the government in which all activities are prohibited, unless specifically allowed. They are regarded as the most valuable forests. They constitute about 55 percent of the area of forest in India.
Forests owned by the government in which all activities are allowed, unless specifically restricted. These forests are protected from any further depletion. They constitute about 29 percent of the area of forest in India.