Question

Answer the following questions using the map extract given below.

1. What is a fire line?
2. Do you think a fire line is necessary here? Give reason for your answer.
3. Name one natural vegetation in the above map extract.
4. What is a protected forest?

Answer 1

1. A fire line is a wide, cleared path or strip of land cut through a forest to prevent the spread of forest fires.
2. Yes, a fireline is necessary here. The map explicitly states the presence of a “fairly dense mixed jungle with bamboo”. Bamboo and lush plants dry out quickly in the summer, making the area especially susceptible to catching and rapidly spreading forest fires.
3. Bamboo
4. A protected forest is a government-managed forest area in which local communities have limited rights to collect firewood, graze cattle, and harvest forest products, as long as the timber and trees are not seriously damaged.