Social or industrial forestry--A non-governmental organization`s view

Conference · Thu Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:140025

Chandra, D R; Sachi, D P ^[1]

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1. Hosalli Village, Karnataka (India)

Social forestry is the only way to bridge the gap between demand for forest products and services, and the availability of natural forest wealth in India. Both social and industrial forestry are vital to all developing countries. Considering the multiple uses of social forestry, it is better to develop a program to meet the needs of both domestic and industrial requirements. As well as overcoming the energy crisis, the country can meet almost all the raw-material requirements for industry through social forestry alone. In the authors view, it should be compulsory for every farmer in the country to set aside at least one third of his land area for some species of trees. This would enable him to become self sufficient in fuelwood, green-manure, small timber requirements, cattle fodder, windbreaks and shelter belts. The attitude of two private farmers to the planting of eucalypts as part of a small-scale intensive and diverse agroforestry system is presented.

• OSTI ID: 140025
• Report Number(s): CONF-9102202--; ISBN 0-471-93561-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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