Conservation of Wildlife :

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Due to destruction of habitats, Wildlife has main threat. The construction of industries, houses,
dams has left fewer areas where animals can breed, nest and feed.

preventing deforestation is an important method of habitat preservation. Planting new forests

provides shelter and food for wildlife. By creating wildlife sanctuaries we can protect natural habitat.
Habitat can be preserved by preventing deforestation.

planting trees( afforestation ) to create new forest which provides shelter and food for wildlife can
also protect natural habitat of animals by creating wildlife sanctuaries.

India has a rich variety of flora and fauna. Man has destroyed them to quite an extent. Animals that
cannot adjust to the environmental changes , begin to die. As a result, many animals and birds that
once existed on the earth , have perished away.

Some important International NGO's with branches in India are :-

» The world wide Fund For nature ( WWF )

» The International Union For the conservation of Nature and Natural resources ( IUCN )

» The World conservation union ( WCU ) work of wildlife conservation.

The Government has taken various steps to conserve our natural vegetation and wildlife. Some of
them are : -

★ Social Awareness programmes .

We have an annual festival in our country wherein trees are planted throughout the country. All
people must participate in social awareness programmes like ' Van Mahotsava' by planting saplings
in their surroundings.
★ Wildlife Protection Act , 1972.

In country like India, where hunting is considered as an act of bravery, animal head and skin are
smuggled to other countries at huge prices. Some body parts of animals are used in Chinese and
Tibetan medicines. Body parts of tiger, lion, and black buck are used in making trophies. Wildlife
protection act , 1972, provides protection to wild animals, birds, and plants.

★ Special projects .

These have been launched to protect the endangered species, e.g :- Project tiger , presently there
are 29 tiger reserves in india, e.g :- Sariska tiger reserve , under the project elephant , there are 14
elephant reserves in india.

★ wildlife Sanctuaries .

These refer to protected areas set up to prevent the extinction of animals. They primarily protect
those endangered species of birds and animals that are under the threat of becoming extinct. There
are 510 Wildlife sanctuaries in india.

★ National parks .

These are the areas where wild animals and natural vegetation are together preserved. There are 96
national parks in india. e.g ;- Kaziranga national park in Assam, jim Corbett national park in
uttarakhand.

★ Bioreserves .

These refers to large areas where the vegetation, wildlife and Environment are conserved to
preserve the biological diversity. There are 14 Bioreserves in india. , e.g :- Nanda devi in uttarakhand,
Nilgiri in western Ghats.
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