A) Multipurpose aims
B) timbers
C) Floriculture
D) medicines
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[a] Social forestry schemes have been started throughout India, making a difference in forest cover and benefiting rural and urban communities. The main objectives of such schemes include:1. Improve the environment for protecting agriculture from adverse climatic factors, |
2. Increase the supply of wood fuel for domestic use, small timber for rural housing, fodder for livestock, and minor forest produce for local industries, |
3. Increase the natural beauty of the landscape; create recreational forests for the benefit of rural and urban population, |
4. Provide jobs for unskilled workers and |
5. Land rehabilitation |
6. Finally, its object is to raise the standard of living and quality of life of the rural and the urban people. |
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