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  • 31Social forestry in India — The term ‘Social forestry’ first used in 1976 by The National Commission on Agriculture, Government of India. It was then that India embarked upon a social forestry project with the aim of taking the pressure off the forests and making use of all …

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  • 32ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …

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  • 33JEWISH NATIONAL FUND — (Heb. קק״ל) – קֶרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), Keren Kayemeth Leisrael), the land purchase and development fund of the Zionist Organization. It was founded on December 29, 1901 at the Fifth Zionist Congress at Basle, which resolved: The JNF shall be …

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  • 34Arbor Day — For other uses, see Arbor Day (disambiguation). Arbor Day Volunteers planting a tree for Arbor Day. Observed by United States and other countries. Typ …

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  • 35Chipko movement — Villagers surrounding a tree to stop it from being felled The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan (literally to cling in Hindi) is a social ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non violent resistance, through… …

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  • 36Capparis decidua — taxobox name = Capparis decidua status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Brassicales familia = Capparaceae genus = Capparis species = C. decidua… …

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  • 37Tamarix articulata — Tamarix articulata, also called farash (Hindi: फराश), is a moderate sized tree with feathery foliage and an erect stem usually attaining a height of 40 feet to 50 feet and girth of 5 to 6 feet. It grows faster than any other species in the arid… …

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  • 38Acacia jacquemontii — Taxobox name = Acacia jacquemontii image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae genus = Acacia species = A. jacquemontii binomial = Acacia jacquemontii binomial authority =… …

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  • 39Calligonum polygonoides — Taxobox color = lightgreen name = Calligonum image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Calligonum species = Calligonum polygonoides… …

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  • 40Parc national de Þingvellir — Catégorie UICN II (parc national) Identifiant 684 Pays …

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