Government Steps for Protection of Flora and Fauna


 
 
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Government Steps for Protection of Flora and Fauna

To protect animals and plants life, the government has taken many steps.Some of these are as follows

(i) 14 biosphere reserves have been set-up in the country to protect flora and fauna. Four out of these, the Sunderbans in the West Bengal, Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand, the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu, the Nilgiris (Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) have been included in the world network of biosphere reserves.

Fourteen Bio-reserves

  • Sunderbans
  • Gulf of Mannar
  • The Nilgris
  • Nanda Devi
  • Nokrek
  • Great Nicobar
  • Manas
  • Simlipal
  • Dihang-Dihang
  • Dibru Saikhowa
  • Agasthyamalai
  • Kachenjunga
  • Pachmari
  • Achanakmar-Amarkantak
  • (ii) Financial and technical assistance is provided to many botanical gardens by the government since 1992.

    (iii) Many other ecodevelopmental projects have been introduced such as Project Tiger, Project Rhino, Project Great Indian Bustard, etc.

    (iv) 89 national parks,490  wildlife sanctuaries and zoological gardens are set-up to take care of Natural heritage.

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    Bharatpur Sanctuary is a famous

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    Fourteen biosphere reserves have been set up in the country to protect ________ .

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    Question : 3

    The different steps taken by the government to protect flora and fauna is/are ___________________

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