2. Forests & Wild life
● Generally FORESTS are the
large areas covered thickly with
plants and trees.
● WILD LIFE means the native
animals of a region.
3. Importance of Forests
● They provide raw materials to Industries.
● They provide food, fuel etc.
● They prevent soil erosion and preserve the fertility
of the soil.
● Trees clean the air,they absorb nitrous oxides,
sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide.
● They provide moisture and lower the temperature of
earth.
4. Some of the facts Regarding Forests
● Forests in India that constitutes about 2% of
the World’s total area.
● Arunchal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have
the largest and the denser forest area in India.
● Haryana has the lowest forest area.
5. Depletion of Forests
● Large scale cutting of trees for different
purposes like Industries.
● Over grazing by cattle.
● Forest fire, floods etc.
6. Conservation of Forests
For the conservation of forests, following steps can be
taken:
● Conservation of forest is a national problem so it
must be handle with perfect coordination between
forest department and other departments.
● The cutting of trees in the forests must be stopped at
all costs.
● The special programs like Van Mahotsava should be
launched.
● Celebrations of all functions, festivals should start
with tree-plantation.
7. Conservation of Forests – continue..
● Cutting of timber and other forest products should be
restricted.
● Grasslands should be regenerated.
● Forest conservation Act 1980 should be strictly
implemented to check deforestation.
8. Categories of Wild life
There are three major categories of wildlife :
● Endangered wild life animals :
They require direct human protection for survival.
Examples:
Indian fox,the wild dog, pig tailed monkey,the sloth
bear etc.
10. Categories of Wild life – continue..
● Threatened wild life animals :
Threatened animals are any animals they need
protection in the near future.
Examples :
Philippine Eagle-Owl,Philippine duck,Green
Parrotfish,The Philippine Hawk-Eagle etc.
11. Threatened wild life animals
Philippine Eagle-Owl Philippine duck
Green Parrotfish Philippine Hawk-Eagle
12. Categories of Wild life – continue..
● Rare wild life animals:
A rare wild life animals are the group of animals
that are very uncommon.
Examples :
Pinta Island tortoise,Javan Rhino,Red Wolf,Baiji
dolphin etc.
13. Rare wild life animals
Pinta Island tortoise
Javan Rhino
Red Wolf Baiji dolphin
14. Necessity for Wild life Conservation
● The wild life helps us in maintaining
balance of nature.
● It can increase our foreign exchange with tourism.
● Colourful birds, insects, beautiful flowers, trees
make environment beautiful.
15. Modes of Wild life Conservation
● Establishment of Sanctuaries and National park.
● Shooting and hunting of wild life animals should
be totally banned.
● Research on wildlife should be encouraged.
● Public should be educated on importance of wild life
and forests.
16. Recent Advancements
Conserving India’s Forests: A New Policy
● The government of India recognizes that the future
health of India’s forest ecosystems and they
developed several policies like Wild-life Protection
Act 1972 ,National Forest Policy 1988 and Project
Tiger 1973.
● 1972 Wild-life Protection Act :
Shooting and hunting of wild life animals should be
totally banned.
● 1988 National Forest Policy :
Preserving remaining natural forests.
