Tag: wildlife resources

Because this initiative can be carried out by government. They do not involve community participation.

Deforestation is the process of cutting down forests in order to satisfy human needs like laying roads, for the purpose of wood for furniture etc.

Deforestation has many negative effects like Increase in temperature on the earth, Ground water depletion, and Weather change in different parts of the world

The destruction of forests and wildlife leads to deforestation. Deforestation is the process of cutting down forests in order to satisfy human needs like laying roads, for the purpose of wood for furniture etc.

It has a number of negative effects like loss of livelihood of the local communities as the forests serve as the livelihood for the people living in the area. Depletion of culture because traditional wildlife would get exhausted leading to the people moving away from the areas to urban areas. Depletion of biological stock is the other effect caused due to deforestation.

• Cinchona is a shrub belonging to the Rubiaceae family. It’s a flowering plant native of South American forests.
  
• It is a medicinal herb which is a muscle relaxant. It is used to control shivering especially in case of malaria.
  
• This is the National Tree of Peru.
  

The first Reserve Forest of India was Satpura National Park. It is located in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Its name is derived from the Satpura range of mountains.

Permanent forests are reserved and protected forests .The state with largest area under permanent forests is Madhya Pradesh which is in the central India. Forests cover 30.71% of the state.

• Demarcating national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, reserve forests are different ways of protecting forests by limiting the public entry into the forests.
  
• But demarcating tourist spots are not concerned with the forest conservation. 
  

• Depletion of flora and fauna of the region mainly occur due to deforestation, which is cutting down trees resulting in the loss of habitat of flora and fauna of the region.
  
• Deforestation is the result of urbanization, spread of agriculture lands, and implementation of multipurpose river valley projects like construction of dams.
  
• But collection of wood for fuel by rural women do not destroy forests as they only collect dry and fallen wooden sticks.
  

Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts in the state of Assam, India. The sanctuary preserves one-horned rhinoceros.

It is a World Heritage Site. It was established in the year 1908. It covers an area of 430 sq km.

In India total forest cover in 2001 was just 20.55% of the total geographical area. Forests covered an area of 675,538 km2. According to 2015 statistics, total forest cover has grown in the country (21.34%).