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Examine the impacts of social forestry in socio-economic transformation of rural areas.

  • UPSC 2024
  • Biogeography

Social forestry, named by the National Commission on Agriculture (1976), means raising trees outside reserved forests — on farms, village commons, wasteland and road, rail and canal strips — to meet rural needs for fuelwood, fodder and small timber and relieve pressure on natural forests.

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