CONSERVATION OF NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

Introduction Natural vegetation in general term for plant life of a region and wildlife refers to all non – domesticated animals, and other organisms. Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid. Crops cultivated by man are not classified under natural vegetation. Natural vegetation is also termed as ‘flora’. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems, deserts, forest, plains, and other areas. Wildlife is also termed as ‘fauna’. Causes ·         Habitat Destruction ·         Human activities. Habitat destruction by logging ·         Reckless cutting of forests to bring land under cultivation and inhabitation. ·         Climate Change ·         Unregulated hunting and poaching ·         Pollution Remedies Steps taken by the Indian government to protect the flora and fauna of the country. Fourteen regions have been declared as biosphere reserves. Four of them have been included in the world network of biosphere reserves. They are… Sunder bans in the west Bengal Financial and technical assistance is being provided to many botanical gardens by the government since 1992. Project tiger, project rhino, and other projects have been launched to preserve the fauna of this nation. The government should not let polluting industries and factories be put up near forests. We should grow plants and trees to prevent the decrease of forests. Conclusion

By 2025 as many as one fifth of all animal species may be lost forever. Extinction is forever. We must act now. Time is running out. Every species has a role to play in the ecosystem. So conservation of the ecosystem is essential.