3. Biodiversity
Biodiversity is immensely rich in wildlife and
cultivated spices, diverse in form and
function but closely integranted in a system
through multiple network of interdependcies.
4. Flora and Fauna in India
India is one of the world richest country in the
term of it’s vast array of biological diversity,
and has 8%of the total no. of species in the
world .
Over 81000 spices of flora and 47000 spices
of fauna are found in india .
At least 10% of india’s recorded with wild
fauna 20% of it’s mammals are on the
threatened.
5. The India Wildlife (Protection) Act was
implemented in1972 , with various provisons
for protecting habitats.
The thrust of the programme was towards
protecting the remaining population of certain
endangered spices by banning , hunting,
giving legal protectation to their habitats, and
restricting tread in wildlife.
6. The central government also announced
several project for protecting specific animals,
which were gravely threatened, including the
tiger, the one- horned rhinoceros, the kashmir
stag or hangul, three types of crocodile,
saltwater crocodile and the gharial, the asiatic
lion, and other.
