The Arabari experiment , which became the model for Joint Forest Management in India, was carried out in which state?
- A.Odisha
- B.West Bengal
- C.Andhra Pradesh
- D.Gujarat
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, West Bengal. At Arabari in the Midnapore district, a forest officer stopped treating villagers as encroachers and offered them a share of the sal harvest in return for protecting the degraded forest. The sal coppice recovered, and the arrangement showed that forest regeneration is cheapest when the people living next to the forest gain from it. The National Forest Policy of 1988 and the circular that followed turned this into Joint Forest Management, under which a village committee and the forest department share both the work and the produce.
Option A is wrong because Odisha has a strong tradition of self initiated village forest protection, but Arabari is not there. Option C and option D are wrong because Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat adopted joint management later, after the national circular.
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- A.Kerala
- B.Karnataka
- C.Odisha
- D.Manipur
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- B.Rajasthan
- C.Haryana
- D.Madhya Pradesh
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- A.Nagaland
- B.Mizoram
- C.Meghalaya
- D.Tripura
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- A.Khejri
- B.Banyan
- C.Sandalwood
- D.Teak
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- B.Sant Pipa
- C.Dhanna Bhagat
- D.Jasnath Ji
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