10th CBSE Notes on Forest and Wildlife Resources

 

  Grade : X 

 Geography Chapter : 2 

Que 1: Difference Between Reserved and Protected Forest.

Reserved Forests	Protected Forests
Reserved forests are forest lands that enjoy legal protection.	Protected forests also enjoy legal protection. However, the main focus is on local resources and inhabitants.
Unless specifically permitted by the government, most activities, such as grazing, lumbering, and hunting, are banned in reserve forests.	Local communities often have the right to carry out activities such as hunting and poaching in protected forests.
Reserved forests often do not get converted into national parks or wildlife sanctuaries.	With funding, protected forests are often converted into national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
Reserved forests are maintained to protect the abundant resources present in them.	Protected forests are declared to prevent the degradation of natural resources.
More than half of the forest area is under India’s reserved forest category.	Protected forests make up at least one-third of the total forest area in India.