Biodiversity and its conservation

Deforestation and its Effects Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stands of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Reasons This happens for many reasons like intensive agriculture, urbanization, construction of dams, roads, buildings and industries, hydroelectric projects, forest fires, and construction of mountain and forest roads. 

Role of the Indigenous People in Conservation Conserving Natural Flora:  The magico-religious belief of plants’ tribal communities as a god and goddess habitat leads to their conservation in their natural habitat. Further, a wide variety of plants such as crop plants, wild fruits, seeds, bulbs, roots and tubers are conserved by the ethnic and indigenous

Biosphere Reserve (BR) Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by UNESCO for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial or coastal/marine ecosystems or a combination thereof. BRs are designated to deal with one of the most important questions of reconciling the conservation of biodiversity, the quest for economic

Ex situ conservation Conserving biodiversity outside the areas where they naturally occur is known as ex situ conservation. Here, animals and plants are reared or cultivated in areas like zoological or botanical parks. Reintroduction of an animal or plant into the habitat from where it has become extinct is another form of ex situ conservation.

Biodiversity is the variability between the species, within the species, and between the ecosystems. Types of Biodiversity Biodiversity can be categorized into three main types: Genetic Diversity (Diversity within species) Species Diversity (Diversity between species) Ecosystem Diversity (Diversity between ecosystem) Genetic Diversity This genetic variability among the members of any plant or animal species is