Social Science- Geography- Forest and Wildlife Resources Set 1

10 ✘ 15 ✘ 27 ✘ 29 ✔

Sunder Lai Bahuguna ✘ Dr Anil Agarwal of CSE ✘ Dr Aruna Roy of Kisan Mazdur Vikas ✘ Medha Patkar ✔

parts of large forests that have been left untouched by the local people. ✘ places for grazing animals. ✘ forests earmarked for commercial felling of trees. ✘ forests used for planting trees with medicinal properties. ✔

Shrinking habitat ✘ The trade of tiger skins ✘ Use of their bones in traditional medicines ✘

Unclassed forest ✘ Permanent forest estate ✘ Open forest ✘ Mangrove forest ✔

All north-eastern states and parts of Gujarat ✘ Kerala and Tamil Nadu ✘ Punjab and Haryana ✘ West Bengal and Bihar ✔

1972 ✘ 1971 ✘ 2010 ✘ 1982 ✔

to preserve the ecological diversity ✘ to preserve the genetic diversity ✘ for maintenance of aquatic biodiversity ✘ so that we are able to over-extract plant and animal species ✔

Mining activities ✘ Hunting and poaching ✘ Forest fire ✘ Afforestation ✔

Biological loss ✘ Loss of cultural diversity ✘ Severe droughts ✘ River Valley Projects ✔