MyQuestionIcon

13

You visited us 13 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Consequences of Deforestation

Due to indisc...

Question

Due to indiscriminate cutting of trees by the villagers of Prahladpur, the forest in the outskirts of the village has very few trees left. List any two problems that these villagers might be facing now.

Open in App

Solution

Indiscriminate cutting of trees may lead to following problems to the villagers:

Large scale cutting down of forests affects the rainfall in the area. Due to indiscriminate cutting down of forests, the entire process of water cycle would get affected, which in turn would result in the reduction of rainfall. Hence, the villagers will find difficulty in agriculture.

Forest provides shelter and food to animals. When forests are destroyed, it would force the animals to go to other places in search of food and shelter. Sometimes, wild animals enter villages and start attacking cattle and human beings.

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. Laythe is a village that contains reserves of bauxite. It is very far from the city and borders a forest. Jool is another village that has reserves of bauxite. Jool is located on the outskirts of the city. Which of the two villages will be a better place to mine bauxite?

Q. One day the contractor's workers appeared in the forest to cut the trees but the menfolk were absent. However, the women from the village reached the forest quickly and elapsed the tree trunks preventing the workers from felling the trees. Thus, the forest trees were saved.
The incident was originated in a remote village called Reni in Garhwal in the early 1970s. By which name is this Andolan known?

Q. Aman, a degree holder in Entrepreneurship came to know about Piplantri Village located in Rajasthan, where in 2006 an initiative was started, in which 111 trees are planted every time a girl child is born.
To keep termites away from the trees the villagers have planted 2.5 million. Aloe Vera plants around the trees. This has turned the village into an oasis, as the planting of trees led to higher water levels.
Aman decided to visit the village to start a business unit, for the processing and marketing of Aloe Vera into juices, gels and other products.
However, on visiting village Aman found that the villagers were suffering exploitation at the hands of local merchants who were engaged in unscruplous, exploitative trade practices like hoarding and black marketing of food product sand also selling unsafe, adulterated products to the villagers
After looking at their plight instead of a business organisation he decided to set up an organisation for the protection and promotion of the consumer interest of the villagers.
State the functions that the organisation established by Aman will be performing (Any six points).

Q. Arrange the events that led to the Bastar revolution of 1910 in chronological order:

1) The British retained some villages in the forest called ‘forest villages’ to cut, transport, and protect trees.
2) Villagers endured famines while paying high land rents and providing free labour for colonial officials.
3) The livelihoods of people in Bastar was destroyed as many depended on the forests.
4) People started gathering to discuss prevalent issues in their village councils, bazaars and at festivals; messages started spreading to revolt against the British policies.
5) In 1905, the colonial government proposed to reserve two-thirds of the forest and abolish the practice of shifting cultivation, hunting and collection of forest produce in India.

A monster in a village is cutting every $7^{t h}$ tree in the garden. Will he cut the $39^{t h}$ tree?

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

CHEMISTRY

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Consequences of Deforestation

Standard VII Chemistry

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon