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Forest and Wildlife Resources
Project tiger:
(i)Tiger is one of the key wildlife species in the faunal web. In 1973, the authorities realised that the tiger population had dwindled to 1,827 from an estimated 55,000 at the turn of the century.
(ii)The major threats to tiger population are numerous, such as poaching for trade, shrinking habitat, depletion of prey base species, growing human population, etc.
(iii)The trade of tiger skins and the use of their bones in traditional medicines, especially in the Asian countries left the tiger population on the verge of extinction. Since India and Nepal provide habitat to about two-thirds of the surviving tiger population in the world, these two nations became prime targets for poaching and illegal trading.
(iv)“Project Tiger”, one of the wellpublicised wildlife campaigns in the world, was launched in 1973. Initially, it showed success as the tiger population went up to 4,002 in 1985 and 4,334 in 1989. But in 1993, the population of the tiger had dropped to 3,600.
(v)There are 27 tiger reserves in India covering an area of 37,761 sq km Tiger conservation has been viewed not only as an effort to save an endangered species, but with equal importance as a means of preserving biotypes of sizeable magnitude.
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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
Which of the following is a vulnerable speices?
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
What is IUCN?
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