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And Threats To It
And Threats To It
Contents
*Introduction
*Threats to biodiversity
*Habitat loss
*Poaching
*Man-wildlife conflicts
*Importance of
biodiversity
*Questions
Biodiversity and
threats to it
Biodiversity:-
Biodiversity is that part of nature
which includes the differences in genes
among the individuals of a species.
1)Genetic diversity:-
each member of any animal or plants
species differs widely from other individual in its
genetic makeup.
2)Species diversity :-
number of species of plants and
animals that are present in a region constitutes its
species diversity.
History of poaching
~ Millions of years ago, in the Stone Age
~Followed through the ages, to even
the tribal natives
~but it was during the Late Middle Ages that
poaching became a punishable offense
Why Poaching is done???
~ Poaching is done for large profits gained by the
illegal sale or trade of animal parts, meat and pelts.
There are 661 Protected Areas in the country covering around 4.8%
geographical areas. There are 100 National Parks, 514 Wildlife
Sanctuaries, 43 Conservation Reserves and 4 Community Reserves in
the country
A ‘Conflict’ of Words
2006-07 / 31 / 342
2007-08 / 34 / 241
2008-09 / 46 / 726
2010-11 / 52 / 689
Ways to reduce the conflicts
Governments is working on
improvement of habitat to
augment food and water
availability and to reduce
movement of animals from the
forests to the habitations.
Training forest staff and police
to tackle these situations and
creating awareness among the
people about the Do’s and Don’ts
to minimize conflicts .
construction of boundary walls
and solar fences around the
sensitive areas to prevent the wild
animal attacks.
Some devices of Information
Technology, viz., radio collars with
Very High Frequency, Global
Positioning System and Satellite
uplink facilities can be used to
track the movements of wild
animals .
>> Generation of soils and maintenance of soil
quality
>> Maintenance of air quality
>> Maintenance of water quality
>> Pest control
>> Detoxification and decomposition of wastes
>> Pollination and crop production
>> Climate stabilization
>> Prevention and mitigation of natural disasters
>> Provision of food security
So…..please conserve the
Nature….
Thank you……..
Questions
Q.1 biodiversity is the total variety of ________________on planet earth.
a)Resources b) life c) materials d)plants
Q.9)what is biodiversity ?