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Social forestry refers to the forests (trees) planted by the people of a society. It has been defined as ‘Zftc forestry of the people, for the people by the people’. The significance of social forestry has been emphasised in the National Forest Policy 1952 and 1988. The main objective of social forestry is to reduce pressure on traditional forests by plantation of fuel-wood, fodder, timber, and grasses. The two types of social forestry include:
Agro-forestry which includes community forestry and agio-forestry (commercial and noncommercial farm forestry).