Forest and Wildlife Resources — Part 2: Types of Forests and Community Conservation: visual lesson, CBSE Class 10 Social Science

Lesson

Who manages India's forests?

Part 2 — the three legal types of forest, and the people who protect them, from forest officers to village councils.

In this lesson you will

Distinguish reserved, protected and unclassed forests and describe their distribution
Evaluate community efforts such as Chipko, Beej Bachao Andolan, sacred groves and Joint Forest Management
Locate major tiger reserves on a map of India (practice)

Part 2 at a glance

Diagram

Table of forest types: reserved forests, more than half of forest land and most important for conservation; protected forests, about one-third, guarded against further depletion; unclassed forests, the rest, owned by government, private individuals and communities
Type	Share of forest land	Key feature
Reserved	More than half	Most valuable for conservation; strictest protection
Protected	About one-third	Guarded against further depletion
Unclassed	The rest	Other forests and wastelands owned by government, private individuals and communities

Check your understanding

True or false?

True or false1 mark

True or false? Protected forests make up about one-third of India's total forest area.