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Given below are six sentences of a paragraph. The first and last sentences are fixed as S1 and S6. Rearrange the four sentences P, Q, R, and S between them to form a coherent paragraph. S1: The National Forest Policy (1952) has outlined that the desired forest area of a country must be at least 33 per cent of the geographical area. S6: Some land is termed as land put to other non-agricultural uses; this includes settlements, roads, railways, industries, etc. P: However the present forest cover is only 23 per cent, much lower than the desired percentage. Q: This was felt to be necessary for maintaining the ecological balance. R: Some land is termed as wasteland; this includes rocky, arid and desert areas. S: This creates difficulties for millions of people who live in the fringe areas of forests and depend upon the forests for their livelihood.