Conservation of Forests and Wildlife
Conservation of Forests and Wildlife
The protection, preservation, management or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources, such as forests, soil and water is known as conservation. The variety of life on earth is commonly referred to as biodiversity. It plays an important role in the function food chains and food webs. In fact, it helps to maintain the ecological balance of ecosystem.
Biodiversity : Number and variety of life forms includes plants, animals and microorganism that exists is known as biodiversity.
Conservation of Wildlife: By preventing deforestation, planting new forest(afforestation) and creating wildlife sanctuary we can protect natural habitat and provide food and shelter.
Wildlife includes those animals that have not been domesticated or tamed and are usually living in a natural environment including both game and non - game species. Deserts, forests, rain, forest, urban sites , plains, grasslands and other areas including the most developed all have distinct forms of wildlife.
Factors responsible for extinction of wild life :
Strategies for wildlife conservation : Wildlife protection act was passed in 1972 and amended 1981. Forest protection act was passed in 1980 while environment protection act was passed in 1986. Under the wildlife protection act a large number of sanctuaries, national parks and biosphere reserves were established in different parts of the country.
Important steps for wildlife conservation are :
Conservation are categorised into in-situ and ex-situ conservation.
| Ex - situ conservation | In - situ conservation |
| It means the conservation of biological diversity outside their natural area. | It means the conservation of biological diversity in their natural habitat it self. |
| Artificial conditions are created to make their habitat almost like their natural habitat. | Protected areas are the sancturies and the national parks |
| It involves the maintainence of genetic variation(Genetic conservation) away from its original location. | It aims to enable biodiversity to maintain itself within the context of ecosystem. |
| Established botanical and zoological gardens, conservation strands, banks of germplasm, pollen, seed, seedling, tissue culture, gene, DNA etc. | Establish a protected area network with appropriate management practices. |
| It identifies and rehabilitates threatened species. | It involves the reduction of biotic pressure rehabilitation. |
| Example : Zoo, Aquarium, seed banks, botanical gardens etc. | Example : National parks, biosphere reserves, parks and sancturies. |
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Desert can be converted into green land by ________________ | |||
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In some countries, the buying and selling of animals such as orangutans and leatherback turtles have been banned. These animals need to be protected so that ___________ . | |||
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Which of the following relates to multipurpose protected areas meant for conservation of wildlife ? | |||
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