Chapter : 2. Natural Vegetation & Wild Life
Causes for Imbalance
Causes for imbalance :
1. Hunting by greedy hunters for commercial purpose
2. Pollution due to chemical and industrial waste, acid deposits.
3. Inhabitation
4. Introduction of alien species
5. Reckless cutting of the forest to bring land under cultivation.
6. Inhabitation
Steps taken by government to protect flora and fauna :
1. Fourteen biosphere reserves have been set up in the country to protect flora and fauna. The Sunderbans in the West Bengal, Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal, the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu and the Nilgiris (Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) have been included in the world network of biospheres.
2. Financial and technical assistance is provided to many Botanical Gardens by the government since 1992.
3. Project Tiger, Project Rhino, Project Great Indian Bustard and many other eco developmental projects have been introduced.
4. 89 National park, 49 wildlife sanctuaries and zoological gardens are set up to take care of Natural heritage.
Fourteen Bio-reserves :
1. Sunderbans 2. Gulf of Mannar 3. The Nilgiris 4. Nanda Devi
5. Nokrek 6. Great Nicobar 7. Manas 8. Simplipal
9. Dihang - Dibang 10. Dibru Saikhowa 11. Agusthyamolai 12. Kanchenjunga
13. Pachmari 14. Achankmar - Amarkantak
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