Question

with an example explain how the participation of local people can lead to the efficient management of forest

Answer 1

The examples when the active involvement of
local people led to efficient managemnent 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 Khejrali 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
tress and prevented the contractors from
felling the trees.