Question

Briefly describe the role of the local community in the sustained management of resources with two examples.

Answer 1

Sustainable resource management:

1. Sustained resource management implies using the resources in a way that does not deplete their sources.
2. Sustainable resource management allows future generations to be benefitted from the resources.
3. Local communities play a major role in sustainable resource management. For example,

1. Chipko Movement:

1. The trees of a village in Garhwal district were used for logs.
2. The women of Garhwal district hugged the trees to prevent them from being cut down.
3. The project was withdrawn due to the conservationists that protected the ecosystem.

2. Revival of Sal forest:

1. The local community was prevented from intervening in forest resource management.
2. The lack of knowledge of the government's forest department led to the Sal forest degradation.
3. The Arabari forest range involved the locals along with the forest department of the government in its management, leading to the forest revival.