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Defintion of Forests: A Review

ຈັດພິມໂດຍ: Open Development Mekong

The definition of word "Forest" differs from region to region, and country to country based on the objectives of management, land use, vegetation type, composition, altitude, etc. and there are over 800 definitions world wide. India has no definition of the word "forest" or "forest land" in the two major central Acts i.e Indian Forest Act 1927, and Forest Conservation Act 1980, but the Honorable Supreme Court of India in W.P No. 202/95 has defined the term "forest land", occurring in Section 2 of F.C Act, as it will not only include "forest" as understood in the dictionary sense, but also any area recorded as forest in the Government records irrespective of the ownership. Keeping in view the wide variety of definitions worldwide and the requirement of global efforts to mitigate adverse effects of deforestation and climate change, some common and workable definitions have been evolved by international organisations like FAO, UNFCCC, with certain parameters like crown cover, area and tree height in terms of threshold values, and they are being widely used for the purposes of assessment of forest area, growing stock, A&R projects under Kyoto protocol, etc. The threshold values of the parameters chosen for definition and the wording of definition, play a crucial role in legal interpretation of land use, assessment of extent of forest area and its resources, development/ evolution of policy frame work and planning by a country, conservation and sustainable forest management.

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D. Venkateswarlu

+91 9390317101 jhk116@ifs.nic.in

ຜູ້ຂຽນ (ບຸກຄົນ) D. Venkateswarlu
ສະຖານທີ່ຈັດພິມ New Delhi, India
ຜູ້ຈັດພິມ TERI University
ປີຈັດພິມ 2013
ຈຳນວນໜ້າ 15
ຄຳສັບຫຼັກ Forest Definition,Policy,Conservation,Sustainable Forest Management
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