KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA R.A.U. PUSA

FOR MOST OF US “WILDLIFE” MEANS BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC OR DANPEROUS ANIMALS LIKE TIGERS, GAZELLES OR WOLVES. IN REALITY, “WILDLIFE” MEANS PLANT S AND ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURE HABITAT. WE WILL DISCUSS THE FACTORS WHICH ENDANGER WILDLIFE THE CONSEQUENCES OF DESTROYING WILDLIFE AND THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO CONSERVE WILDLIF.

BIODIVERSITY MEANS THE VARIETY AND VARIABLITY OF ORGANISMS IN THE WORLD. VARIABLITY MEANS THE POSSIBILITY OF VARIATION. IT IS THIS POSSIBILITY THAT HAS HALPED US DEVELOP ALL THE VARIETIES OF CROP PLANTS AND FARM ANIMALS FROM THEIR ANCESTORS LIVING IN THE WILD.

WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION OF ALL THE CONSEQUENCES, DEPLETION OR LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY IS THE GRAVEST. THIS IS BECAUSE WE MAY BE ABIE TO RE-FOREST OUR LANDS, RESTORE SOIL FERTILITY, CONTROL FLOODS AND DROUGHTS OR ARREST CLIMATE CHANGE, IF WE MAKE AN EFFORT. BUT WE CAN NEVER GET BACK THE SPECIES WE HAVE LOST.

WE DISCUSSED HOW INDESTRIES, DAMS, ROOT AND THE EXPANSION OF AQRICULTURE AND PARTURES LEAD TO DEFORESTATION. EXPANDING HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ALSO ENCROACH ON FOREST. SIMILARTY, OTHER NATURAL HABITATS ARE DESTROYED BY VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE, MANPROVES ARE CONVERTED INTO FISHERIES.

 THE PRACTICS OF PLANTING ONE TYPE OF PLANTS IN AN AREA IS CALLED MONOCULTURE. REPLACING NATURAL FORESTS RICH IN BIODIVERCITY, WITH MONOCULTURE PLANTATION LEADS TO THE LOSS OF BIODIVERCITY.

PPPPOLLUTION OF SOIL, AIR &WATER IN ENDANGERING MANY SPECIES. PESTICIDES & OTHER HARMFUL CHEMICALS ACCUMULATING IN WATERBODIES,EG. KILL FISH & OTHER AQUATICANIMALS, WHILE OTHERS DIMINISH IN NO. BECAUSE THERE EGGS HAVE THINNER SHELLS, WHICH BREAK BEFORE AHATCHING.

THIS IS KNOWNAS THEEN HOUSE EFFECT,AND THE INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE WORLD WIDE IS CALLED GLOBAL WARMING. A GREENHOUSE IS AN ENCLOSURE OF GLASS IN WHICH PLANTS ARE KEPT TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE COLD AIR OUTSIDE. THE GLASSTRAPS THE HEAT OF THE SUN, MAKING THE AIR INSIDE WARMER.

INDIA IS ONE OF THE 19 TH MEGA- BIODIVERSITY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS AND THE WESTERN GHATS ARE THE RICHEST IN BIODIVERSITY IN INDIA. MAY DIFFERENT METHODS ARE USED FOR COLLECTING AND COLLECTING DATA. FOR – EXAMPLE- AN ALL INDIA WILD ANIMAL CENSUS IS CONDUCTED EVERY FOUR YEARS TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT THE NO. OF INDIVIDUALS OF DIFF. SPECIES.

INDIA HAS HAD A LONG TRADITION OF PROTECTING OF PROTECTING TREES AND ANIMALS. MANY PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE CONSIDERED SACRED AND POCKETS OF FORESTS ARE PRESERVED AS SACRED GROVIES. WERE DEITIES RESIDE. THERE ARE ANCIENT TABLES OF PEOPLE LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES TO SAME TREES AND MODERN PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS TO SAME FOERESTS.

INDIA HAS SEVERAL AIMED AT PROTECTING THE ENVOROMENT, INCLUDING PLANTS AND ANIMALS. SOME OF THESE ARE DISTED. IN HAS ALSO LAUNCHED SEVERAL PLANTS AND PROGRAMMES TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY.