KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA R.A.U. PUSA

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA R.A.U. PUSA
CONSERVATION
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CONSERVATION

• FOR MOST OF US WILDLIFE MEANS BEAUTIFUL
  MAJESTIC OR DANPEROUS ANIMALS LIKE TIGERS,
  GAZELLES OR WOLVES. IN REALITY , WILDLIFE
  MEANS PLANT S AND ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURE
  HABITAT. WE WILL DISCUSS THE FACTORS WHICH
  ENDANGER WILDLIFE THE CONSEQUENCES OF
  DESTROYING WILDLIFE AND THE STEPS BEING
  TAKEN TO CONSERVE WILDLIF.

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BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY MEANS THE VARIETY AND
VARIABLITY OF ORGANISMS IN THE WORLD.
VARIABLITY MEANS THE POSSIBILITY OF
VARIATION . IT IS THIS POSSIBILITY THAT
HAS HALPED US DEVELOP ALL THE VARIETIES
OF CROP PLANTS AND FARM ANIMALS FROM
THEIR ANCESTORS LIVING IN THE WILD.
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IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS

• WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE IMPACT OF
  DEFORESTATION AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION OF ALL
  THE CONSEQUENCES, DEPLETION OR LOSS OF
  BIODIVERSITY IS THE GRAVEST. THIS IS BECAUSE
  WE MAY BE ABIE TO RE-FOREST OUR LANDS,
  RESTORE SOIL FERTILITY , CONTROL FLOODS AND
  DROUGHTS OR ARREST CLIMATE CHANGE, IF WE
  MAKE AN EFFORT. BUT WE CAN NEVER GET BACK
  THE SPECIES WE HAVE LOST.

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DEVELOPMENT

• WE DISCUSSED HOW INDESTRIES, DAMS, ROOT
  AND THE EXPANSION OF AQRICULTURE AND
  PARTURES LEAD TO DEFORESTATION . EXPANDING
  HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ALSO ENCROACH ON FOREST.
  SIMILARTY, OTHER NATURAL HABITATS ARE
  DESTROYED BY VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
  FOR EXAMPLE, MANPROVES ARE CONVERTED INTO
  FISHERIES .

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MONOCULTURE

• THE PRACTICS OF PLANTING ONE TYPE OF PLANTS IN
  AN AREA IS CALLED MONOCULTURE. REPLACING
  NATURAL FORESTS RICH IN BIODIVERCITY , WITH
  MONOCULTURE PLANTATION LEADS TO THE LOSS OF
  BIODIVERCITY.

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POLLUTION

• POLLUTION OF SOIL, AIR WATER IN ENDANGERING
  MANY SPECIES. PESTICIDES OTHER HARMFUL
  CHEMICALS ACCUMULATING IN WATERBODIES ,EG. KILL
  FISH OTHER AQUATICANIMALS, WHILE OTHERS
  DIMINISH IN NO. BECAUSE THERE EGGS HAVE THINNER
  SHELLS, WHICH BREAK BEFORE AHATCHING.

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GLOBAL WARMING

• THIS IS KNOWNAS THEEN HOUSE EFFECT ,AND THE
  INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE WORLD WIDE IS CALLED
  GLOBAL WARMING . A GREENHOUSE IS AN ENCLOSURE
  OF GLASS IN WHICH PLANTS ARE KEPT TO PROTECT
  THEM FROM THE COLD AIR OUTSIDE . THE
  GLASSTRAPS THE HEAT OF THE SUN, MAKING THE AIR
  INSIDE WARMER.

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ABOUT INDIA

• INDIA IS ONE OF THE 19TH MEGA- BIODIVERSITY
  COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS
  AND THE WESTERN GHATS ARE THE RICHEST IN
  BIODIVERSITY IN INDIA . MAY DIFFERENT METHODS
  ARE USED FOR COLLECTING AND COLLECTING DATA .
  FOR EXAMPLE- AN ALL INDIA WILD ANIMAL CENSUS
  IS CONDUCTED EVERY FOUR YEARS TO COLLECT DATA
  ABOUT THE NO. OF INDIVIDUALS OF DIFF. SPECIES.

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PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION

• INDIA HAS HAD A LONG TRADITION OF
  PROTECTING OF PROTECTING TREES AND ANIMALS.
  MANY PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE CONSIDERED
  SACRED AND POCKETS OF FORESTS ARE PRESERVED
  AS SACRED GROVIES. WERE DEITIES RESIDE.
  THERE ARE ANCIENT TABLES OF PEOPLE LAYING
  DOWN THEIR LIVES TO SAME TREES AND MODERN
  PEOPLES MOVEMENTS TO SAME FOERESTS.

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CONSERVATION IN INDIA

• INDIA HAS SEVERAL AIMED AT PROTECTING THE
  ENVOROMENT , INCLUDING PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
  SOME OF THESE ARE DISTED . IN HAS ALSO
  LAUNCHED SEVERAL PLANTS AND PROGRAMMES TO
  CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY .

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PRESENTED BY ANAMIKA
VATSA

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