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Which of the following statements are appropriate to Mangrove Sites? 1. Mangrove plants require appropriate mix of saline water and freshwater. 2. Mangrove plants require mudflats to enable it to grow and develop. 3. Mangrove plants are found in the inter-tidal zones of sheltered coasts. 4. Mangrove vegetation has been reported in all the coastal States including Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Consider the following statements: 1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas. 2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding mangrove vegetation and choose the correct answer:
1. True mangrove vegetation occurs in open beach or in sandy or rocky shores of the sea
2. The vegetation rarely develops in wet tropics where the tropical rain forest is the climax vegetation
3. In world, the eastern mangrove is found on the coasts of Indian ocean and the western part of the Pacific ocean
4. Most of the species of mangrove formations are gregarious in habit
Consider the following statements regarding Sundarbans. 1. The Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Teesta Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. 2. Indian Sundarbans constitute more than 50% of India’s total mangrove forest area. 3. Sundarbans Mangroves ecoregion is the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following statements relating to the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 are correct? 1. The Act recognizes forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been occupying the forest land before October 25, 1980. 2. The onus of implementation of the Act lies at the level of the State / UT Governments. 3. The Act seeks to recognize and vest certain forest rights in the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Consider the following forest found in Odisha?
1. Mangrove forest
2. Tropical moist deciduous forest
3. Tropical semi-evergreen forest
4. Tropical dry deciduous forest
Consider the following statements based on a UN report published on May 7, 2019 : A. Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world’s last and largest tiger strongholds. B. The Sundarbans, 10,000 square kilometers of marshy land in Bangladesh and India, hosts the world’s largest mangrove forest and a rich ecosystem supporting several hundred animal species, including the Bengal tiger. C. The cats are among 5,00,000 land species where survival is in question because of threats to their natural habitats. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Consider the following statements regarding the Andaman and the Nicobar islands and choose the correct answer:
1. The islands have nearly 450 and 13.8 square miles of mangrove forests
2. This forest develops in areas covered by brackish water at high tide such as mud-flats along tidal streams
3. The dominant family in these islands is Acanthaceae
4. The mangrove forests are largely composed of single species or a few allied species
Consider the following statement regarding the Indian Forest State of Forest Report, 2019 1. It is released by joint efforts of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. 2. As per ISoFR, 2019, Mangrove cover in the country has increased compared to the previous assessment. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following regions of India has a combination of mangrove forest, evergreen forest and deciduous forest?