Demand stokes illegal rosewood felling (GS-1, Geography, GS-3, environment and ecology)

14 Jun Demand stokes illegal rosewood felling (GS-1, Geography, GS-3, environment and ecology)

Posted at 14 Jun 2021 in Current Affairs, GS Paper I, Science and technology, Social Issues by Swarn Singh 0 Comments

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- - More than 77% humidity required.
  - More than 250 cm rain-fall
  - More than 25 degree centigrade temperature.

- They are thickly forested.
- Canopy density is too high.
- Presence of creepers and epiphytes, sparse undergrowth interspersed with clearings
- They occupy about 7% of the earth’s surface.
- mostly near the equator.
Ebony, Mahogany, Rosewood, Rubber Cinchona are the examples of evergreen forests.

- - It was aimed at bringing one-third of the total land area with 65% in hilly and 25% in plains under the forest cover.
  - It also suggested the extension of tree lands on river/canal banks, roads, railways, cultivable waste and degraded lands.

- it’s main emphasis was on the protection, conservation, regeneration, and development of forests.

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 was passed for reserved forest areas.
Environmental Protection Act gave the Central Government powers to protect and improve the quality of the environment and preventing pollution.
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006,
- It recognizes the rights of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers over the forest areas inhabited by them and provides a framework for in case of dispute over the land.

Shifting cultivation in the north east and in the southern states.
Illegal felling:- Illegal cutting of tree in the southern states by Jungle mafia
Illegal export to the other countries such as Bangladesh and developed countries.

Plutus IAS Current Affair Team Member