Abstract

Abstract: The forests are a highly appreciated ecological commodity that, underproper governance, can be fruitful and beneficial. The biggest, more diverseand self-generating forests of all ecosystems. Forests affect diverse factorsincluding the climate, flora, fauna and civilization directly and effectively.They serve as buffer states among habitats created by natural or human beings.Forests also helped the human race over the years. The growing population ofhumans and animals has, however, resulted in unconscious agricultural use offorestry. This has contributed to a dramatic reduction in forest wealth inIndia in the last few years. The forest logging proceeded unregulated until themid-1970s, contributing to the detrimental consequences of deforestation. Thisincluded soil erosion, flickering storms, lack of water, timber and fodder, thedisappearance of important flora and fauna and global warming. The Indiangovernment Launched a social forest project in 1976 to eliminate the pressureon current forestry by plants in all vacancies and fallow lands. This projectwas introduced in 1976 by the National Commission on Agriculture. The goal ofthis paper is to gain insight into the significance and components of Indiansocial forestry. It also aims to define social forestry forms and advantagesand to evaluate some research studies in order to encourage social forestry inIndia.

Keywords:Forest, India, Environment, Social,Agriculture, government