Exam Questions for Module 2

The exam is for 30 marks. Please use this to reflect on your learning from the 4 sessions on ‘Forests Ecosystem Restoration’.
Answer any Six (6). Each question carries 5 marks. Answers should not be more than 300 words.

1. What are the threats from fragmented forests to animals, local communities?
2. How important is it to involve local communities in restoration projects?
3. What are the layers in a tropical rainforest and how important are they?
4. How are keystone species an indicator of healthy forest ecosystem?
5. What is the importance of sacred groves in a forest?
6. What is the level of protection given to different forests of India?
7. Which forest restoration methods are not preferred?
8. If you are a forest officer and you find extensive logging activities in the forest. Under which law would you charge them and what actions would you take to prevent further such activities?
9. Name the 4 biodiversity hotspots in India. Which is the oldest?
10. What is the importance of water bodies such as swamps in a forest ecosystem?

Email the completed exam paper to the course coordinator by 30 August, 2021, with Subject Line ‘Your Name - Exam Answers - Forest Ecosystem Restoration’.
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Recording of Interactive session with Dr. K.N. Ganeshaiah
(Module 2, Week 3 of Ecosystem Restoration Course)

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Recording of Interactive session with Mr. Ajai Saxena IFS (Retired)
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Recording of Interactive session with Mr. Preston Ahimaz
(Module 2, Week 1 of Ecosystem Restoration Course)

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