CONSERVATION

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CONSERVATION OF FOREST WILD LIFE
DONE BY S. RISHIVANDAN B.PRANAV
KUMAR.
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THE NEED FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

• To Maintain the balance of nature
• It has economic value
• It has scientific value
• It has recreational value
• It has cultural value
• It helps in the preservation
• of human civilization

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CAUSES FOR EXTINCTION OF WILD LIFE

• INDISCRIMINATE HUNTING
  
• Several Species have become extinct due to
  their
• hunting by ma far food pleasure animal
  products .
• DESTRUCION OF NATURAL HABITAT
• Man has destroyed the natural habitats for
  his needs .
• LEGAL LAPSE
• The failure of enforcement of the existing laws
  of wildlife management is yet another reason for
  the rapid depletion for wildlife .
• HUMAN IGNORANCE
• Man is Mainly responsible in the depletion of
  wildlife on the earth .

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CONSERVATION STRATAGIES

• Special attention should be given to conserve the
  species which fall in the category of threatened
  species .
• The products of wild animals being used for
  international trade should be allowed only at
  levels which would not endanger the related
  wildlife .
• Migratory route should be marked out protected
  for migratory birds .
• Increased support from state central
  government agencies for the conservation of
  natural resources .
• Prevention of devasting forest fires.

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CONSERVATION OF FOREST

• DECLINING FOREST COVER
• Besides many
  ecological benefits ,forest offer many direct
  indirect advantages . Among these include meting
  the food requirement of a large number of forest
  communities . Many fir-bearing animal farms are
  found from forests. Fir industry is well
  developed in Russia , Canada USA . wood of many
  forest trees is used for making paper , pulp
  Synthetic fibers . Many industrial raw materials
  like varnishes , herbs , fuels fodder come
  from forests . Despite these benefits , the
  forest cover of the world is continuously
  declining.

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CAUSES OF THE LOSS OF FORESTS

• LACK OF PRAGMATIC FOREST POLICY
• The people are not denied the
  right to use forest wealth but they have to make
  an equal effort to replenish forests by
  undertaking massive reforestation and
  afforestation programmers.
• ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
• Environmental pollution is
  mainly on account of in roads into forest lands,
  setting up industries near forests, undertaking
  agricultural activities on forest lands.
• LAND USE
• From time to time ,forest
  land and even landscaped parts are diverted for
  industrial, agricultural or settlement.
  
  

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CONSERVATION OF FOREST

• Tree for a Tree principle should be adopted.
• Wood as a fuel should be discouraged.
• Cattle grazing in the forest should be checked.
• Any breakout of fire in the forest should be
  fought quickly using modern means to minimise the
  loss.
• Trees should be planted in places where the land
  is unfit for agriculture.
• Fumigation and aerial sprays should be carried
  out to protect the trees from pests and diseases.