Tag: wildlife resources

• Beej Bachao Andolan was started at Tehri in Uttarakhand.
• It was started in 1980 by Vijay Jardhari.
• Beej Bachao Andolan means Save our Seeds.
• It also promotes traditional agricultural practices.
  
• Farmers and citizen’s groups like the Beej Bachao Andolan in Tehri and Navdanya have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals are possible and economically viable. 
  

The Indian biosphere reserves in the list of the world network of biosphere reserves include Nilgiri, Gulf of Mannar, Sunderban, Nanda Devi, Nokrek, Pachmarhi, Simlipal, Achanakmar-Amarkantak, Great Nicobar and Agasthyamala. The Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve is one of the highest ecosystems in the world.

For local people living in the Himalayan mountains in India, agriculture is the mainland use activity and is strongly linked to the forests in providing sustainability. 

• 54.4% of the total forest land has been declared reserved forest.
• Reserved forests are acquired and owned by the Government of India. In these forest activities like hunting, grazing, etc. are banned completely.

An area, whether within a sanctuary or not, can be notified by the state government to be constituted as a National Park, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or zoological association of importance, needed for the purpose of protecting & propagating or developing wildlife therein or its environment.

 There are 104 existing national parks in India covering an area of 40501.13 km2, which is 1.23% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, May 2019).

The Biosphere Reserve in Tamil Nadu is Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve: 10,500 km2 (4,100 sq mi) established in 1989.