Question

Stakeholders of a forest are:

• A. People who live in or around the forest are dependent on the forest produce.
• B. Industrialists who use forest produce.
• C. The Forest department of the government owns the land.
• D. All of these.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

All of these.

The correct option is D

The explanation of the correct option:

1. A person who is interested or concerned about some valuable organization or assets is called a stakeholder.
2. Forest is a reserve of natural resources and has many types of stakeholders. Some of which are:

Option A:

People who live in or around the forest are dependent on the forest produce:

1. People live in or around forests for their livelihood and are dependent on forest products.
2. They mainly depend upon forest resources for sustenance.
3. Green fodder is also collected by them and graze their cattle in the forest.

Option B:

Industrialists who use forest produce :

1. Industrialists use forest products for different industries reasons.
2. For the raw materials, many industrialists depend on forests.
3. Some examples are kendu leaves as the raw material used to make beedi for the tobacco industry, Wood is also used as raw material in various industries.

Option C:

The Forest department of the government owns the land:

1. The forest department of the Government which owns the land handles the protection of forest resources and controls them.
2. It helps in the conservation and management of forest resources and makes important laws to conserve them.

Final answer: Stakeholders of a forest are people who live in or around the forest and are dependent on the forest produce, industrialists who use forest produce, and the Forest department of the government which owns the land.