Question

(c) Name the four main stakeholders in the management of forest resources.

Answer 1

The main stakeholders in the management of forest resources are:

1. The people who live in and around the forest and are dependent to some extent on forest produce to lead their life.
2. The Forest Department of the Government which owns the forest land and controls the resources from the forest.
3. The industrialists who use various forest products for their factories, such as wood for making paper and furniture, and ‘tendu’ leaves for making ‘bidis’, etc.
4. The forest and wildlife activists who want to see the forests in their pristine form.