Discuss the role of women and communities in protection and conservation of forests.

Explanation

The women and communities have contributed significantly in the protection and conservation of forests. For example, in Chipko Movement of. Garhwal Himalayas (1974), the local women showed enormous bravery in protecting trees from the axe of contractors by hugging them Similarly, in Joint Forest Management (JFM), the local communities are protecting and managin forests. In return for their services to the forest, the communities getr benefit of various forest products. Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award is granted to those individuals or communities which have shown extraordinary courage and dedication in protecting wild. Amrita Devi, her three daughters and hundreds of other Bishnois sacrified their lives in 1731 for the cause of protection and conservation of forests.