Social Science (087) — CBSE Class 10 board question

Two measures for the conservation of forests:

1. Community participation — Local communities should be involved in forest management through programmes like Joint Forest Management (JFM), where villagers protect forests and share benefits such as non-timber forest produce.

1. Legal protection — Declaring forests as Reserved or Protected Forests prevents further depletion and bans activities like hunting, mining, and illegal felling.

Source: Forest and Wildlife Resources, Community and Conservation

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• The examiner expects two distinct, named measures — vague answers like "stop cutting trees" score poorly.
• Linking a measure to a real example (JFM, Chipko Movement, Wildlife Protection Act) adds quality and shows textbook knowledge.
• Each measure should be explained briefly (one–two lines each) to justify both marks.