Environment & Ecology Environment & Ecology questions from IAS 1996.
Consider the following programmes: 1. Afforestation and development of wastelands 2. Reforestation and replantation in existing forests 3. Encouraging the wood substitutes and supplying other types of fuel 4. Promotion of wide use of insecticides and pesticides to restrict the loss of forest area from degradation caused by pests and insects. The National Forest Policy of 1988 includes:
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Mangroves are very specialised forest ecosystems of tropical and sub-tropical regions bordering certain sea coasts. Reason (R): They stabilise the shoreline and act as bulwark against encroachments by the sea.