Chapter : 9. Management of Natural Resources
Basic Terms of Natural Resources
Stakeholders : Stakeholders are person or parties having a binding interest in an asset. Forests have four types of stakeholders – locals, forest department, industrialists, wildlife and nature enthusiasts.
Deforestation : Removal, decrease or deterioration of the forest cover of an area is called deforestation. It is caused by excessive felling of trees, overgrazing, monoculture, fragmentation and clearing of forests. Deforestation causes.
Soil Erosion : Removal of plant cover exposes the fertile soil to wind and water. The latter remove the top soil and make the area infertile.
Desertification : Removal of forest cover in the plains, makes the area dry. In hot season, the soil become loose.
Floods : In rainy season many temporary rivulets are formed due to loss of absorption capacity by unprotected soil.
Destruction of Wildlife : Deforestation leads to destruction of natural habitats of wild animals and plants. Wildlife is, therefore, destroyed.
Climatic Changes : In the absence of forest cover, the summer becomes hotter while the winters become extra cool. The frequency of rainfall decreases.
Sustainable Management Sustainable management is controlling the use of a resource in such a way as to provide equitable availability and continuous flow of products and services to the present generation while ensuring the same for future generation without any harmful impact on the environment.
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