FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESUORCE

FLORA IN INDIA

INDIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD`S RICHEST COUNTRIES IN BIODIVERSITIES. IT HAS 8% OF THE TOTAL SPECIES. THESE DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA ARE WELL INTEGRATED IN OUR DAILY LIFE. THERE ARE 81000 SPECIES OF FAUNA AND 47000 SPECIES OF FLORA. 79 SPECIES OF MAMMALS, 44 OF BIRDS, 15 OF REPTILES, 3 AMPHIBIANS ARE THREATENED. VANISHING FOREST THE FOREST LAND IS 637293 SQ KM. IT IS 19.39% OF THE TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES MANY OF THESE FOREST ARE BEING DESTROYED.THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF FORESTNORMAL SPECIES:SPECIES WHOSE POPULATION LEVEL IS CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL FOR THEIR SURVIVAL SUCH AS CATTLE,SAL ETCENDANGERED SPECIES:THESE SPECIES ARE IN DANGER OF EXTINGTION. THE SURVIVAL OF SUCH SPECIES IS DIFFICULT IF NEGETIVE FACTORS LEAD TO DECLINE OF THEIR POPULATIONCONTINUE TO OPERATE.EG:BLACK BUCK, CROCODILE, ETC.VULNERABLE SPECIES:THESE SPECIES POPULATION HAS DECLINED FROM THE LEVEL FROM WHERE IT IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO ENDANGERED CATEOGARY IN NEAR FUTURE IF NEGETIVE FACTORS CONTINUE.EG:BLUESHIP, ASAITIC ELEPHANTS ETCRARE SPECIES:SPECIES WITH SMALL POPULATION MOVE INTO ENDANGERED CATEGEORAY IF THE NEGETIVE FACTORS CONTINUE TO OPERATE.EG: DESERT FOX, HORNBILL ETC.ENDEMIC SPECIES:THESE SPECIES WHICH ARE ONLY FOUND IN SOME PARTICULAR AREAS USUALLY ISOTATED BY NATURAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS.EG:ANDAMAN TEAL, NIGOBAR PIGEON ETCEXTINCT SPECIES:THESE ARE SPECIES WHICH ARE NOT FOUND AFTER SEARCHES OF KNOWN OR LIKELY AREA WHERE THEY MAY OCCUR A SPECIES MAY BE EXTINCT FROM A LOCAL AREA, REGION, COUNTRY, CONTIENANT AND ENTIRE EARTH.EG: ASIATIC CHEETAH, PINK HEAD DUCK ETC

ASIATIC LION THE WORLD`S FASTEST ANIMAL. IT HAS A SPEED OF 112 KM/HR. IT WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN AFRICA AND ASIA. TODAY, THE ASIATIC CHEETAH IS NEARLY EXTINCT DUE TO DECLINE OF HABITAT AND PREY.

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