Describe the aims of the India's new forest policy that was modified in 1988.

The forest policy aimed at :

(i)bringing 33 per cent of the geographical areas under forest cover;

(ii)maintaining environmental stability and to restore forests where ecological balance was disturbed;

(iii)conserving the natural heritage of the country, its biological diversity and genetic pool;

(iv)checks soil erosion, extension of the desert lands and reduction of floods and droughts;

(v)increasing the forest cover through social forestry and afforestation on degraded land.

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Which five states of India have less than 10 percent of their geographical area under forests?

Define social forestry. Name three categories of social forestry.

When was the National Forest Policy adopted in India?

Explain agroforestry as a category of social forestry.

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Describe the aims of the India's new forest policy that was modified in 1988.