What are the objectives of Afforestation programme?

Explanation

Afforestation Objectives:
• To increase forest cover, planting more trees, increases `CO_2` production and air quality.
• Rehabilitation of degraded forests to increase carbon fixation and reducing `CO_2` from atmosphere.
• Raising bamboo plantations.
• Mixed plantations of minor forest produce and medicinal plants.
• Regeneration of indigenous herbs / shrubs.
• Awareness creation, monitoring and evaluation. • To increase the level and availability of water table or ground water and also to reduce nitrogen leaching in soil and nitrogen contamination of drinking water, thus making it pure not polluted with nitrogen.
• Nature aided artificial regeneration.