Which of the following practices best helps in the conservation and protection of forests?
Planting more trees and protecting existing forests
Forest conservation involves practices that maintain and increase forest cover while safeguarding existing ecosystems from degradation.
Planting more trees (afforestation/reforestation) directly increases forest cover, while protecting existing forests prevents the loss of established ecosystems, biodiversity, and soil stability — together these are the most effective conservation practices.
Burning forests to clear land, large-scale timber logging, and expanding mining in forest areas all actively destroy forest cover and harm the ecosystem, working against conservation.
Therefore, the correct answer is planting more trees and protecting existing forests.
Important Questions from Conservation efforts: India and World
Consider the following statements:
1. 'Right to the City' is an agreed human right and the UN-Habitat monitors the commitments made by each country in this regard.
2. 'Right to the City' gives every occupant of the city the right to reclaim public spaces and public participation in the city.
3. 'Right to the City' means that the State cannot deny any public service or facility to the unauthorized colonies in the city.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The ‘Common Carbon Metric’, supported by UNEP, has been developed for
With reference to the New York Declaration on Forests, which of the following statements are correct?
1. It was first endorsed at the United Nations Climate Summit in 2014.
2. It endorses a global timeline to end the loss of forests.
3. It is a legally binding international declaration.
4. It is endorsed by governments, big companies and indigenous communities.
5. India was one of the signatories at its inception.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
What is the name of an international environmental agreement with universal ratification to protect the earth’s ozone layer by eliminating the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)?
National park is one kind of
