Question

Which of the following are the results of enrichment plantation?

• A. The teak monocultures damaged the natural forests in South India.
• B. Chir Pine plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the Himalayan oak and Rhododendron forests.
• C. Jhum cultivation was stopped in the North-east India.
• D. Enrichment plantation led to an increase in forest land in India.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

Chir Pine plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the Himalayan oak and Rhododendron forests.

The British brought in the practice of clearing out forests to grow a single commercially valuable plant species called enrichment plantation. As a result, the teak monocultures damaged the natural forests in South India and the Chir Pine plantati