Joint Forest Management

Q. Select the incorrect statements about the Joint Forest Management programme in the village of Behroonguda in Telangana.

1. In exchange for restoring the forests, the government let the villagers lease out land to timber smugglers.
2. There was a marked increase in the biological diversity of the forest.
3. Behroonguda was the first village in India where people's involvement was a part government's conservation policies.
4. The Forest Protection Committee or FPC provided technical and financial support to the villagers.

Q. Which of the following steps were taken under the Joint Forest Management programme in Behroonguda?

1. Patrolling of the forest area
2. Corrective actions against defaulters
3. Regular meetings and discussions
4. Deforestation

Q. When did the state forest department approach the Behroonguda village to include it in their joint forest management programme?

1. 1993
2. 1972
3. 1952
4. 1962

Q. Which was the first state in India to make people's involvement a part of the government's conservation policies?

1. West Bengal
2. Odisha
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Rajasthan

Q. Sort the following events regarding the conservation efforts in Behroonguda:

1. Timber smugglers chopped down trees
2. Formation of FPC
3. JFM and FPC join forces
4. Action taken against defaulters
5. Marked increase in biodiversity

Q. Which of these states was among the first to pass a resolution for Joint Forest Management in India?

1. Kerala
2. Rajasthan
3. Telangana
4. Odisha