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Forest and Wildlife Resources
Discuss the conservation wildlife in India initiated by the goverment.
Conservation of wildlife in India:
(i)The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was implemented in 1972, with various provisions for protecting habitats. An all-India list of protected species was also published.
(ii)The thrust of the programme was towards protecting the remaining population of certain endangered species by banning hunting, giving legal protection to their habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife.
(iii)Subsequently, central and many state governments established national parks and wildlife sanctuaries about which you have already studied.
(iv)The central government also announced several projects for protecting specific animals, which were gravely threatened, including the tiger, the one horned rhinoceros, the Kashmir stag or hangul, three types of crocodiles – fresh water crocodile, saltwater crocodile and the Gharial, the Asiatic lion, and others.
(v)Most recently, the Indian elephant, black buck (chinkara), the great Indian bustard (godawan) and the snow leopard, etc. have been given full or partial legal protection against hunting and trade throughout India.
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When was Project Tiger launched in India?
How many indigenous species of flowers are found in India?
Number of plant species found in India are
Number of plant species are considered to be endangered in India are _____________.
It is the some total of all the varities of species of plants, animals and micro organisms living on the earth ______________.
Plants of a particular region or period are referred as ____________.
Species of animals of a particular region or period are referred as
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India is one of the world's richest countries in terms of its vast array of biological diversity, and his nearly ____________ of the total number of species in the whole
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