Natural Parks & Wildlife Sanctuary
Natural parks & wildlife sanctuary
What are NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES? A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property is called national park. A national park is a reserve of natural or semi-natural land, declared or owned by a government, set aside for animal safety and/or human recreation and enjoyment, and protected from most development.
Area set aside by a national government for the preservation of its natural environment is called wildlife sanctuary. Wildlife sanctuary is an area specially designated where it is illegal to interfere in any way with the natural life. Sanctuary is a place where killing or capturing of any animal is prohibited except under orders of the authorities concerned. They provide protection and optimum living conditions to wild animals.
The wildlife of India is varied and one of the richest wildlife of the world. The wildlife of India is having the several endangered species that are living critically in India that too in the verge of extinction. Critically endangered means there species are 80% lesser than before. The species are endangered as due to the reasons like:
1. They are few in number they are threatened by the environmental and climatic.
2. The loss of the species in the biological entity.
3. Destabilization of an ecosystem
4. Endangerment of other species
5. Loss of irreplaceable genetic material and associated bio-chemicals
The endangered species of the Indian Wildlife are identified by the different international organizations like World Wildlife Fund (WWF), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). There are many reasons that have been on the
Verge of extinction in India. The reasons for it are:
India is so varied and rich in the wildlife as it holds 400 species of
What are NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES? A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property is called national park. A national park is a reserve of natural or semi-natural land, declared or owned by a government, set aside for animal safety and/or human recreation and enjoyment, and protected from most development.
Area set aside by a national government for the preservation of its natural environment is called wildlife sanctuary. Wildlife sanctuary is an area specially designated where it is illegal to interfere in any way with the natural life. Sanctuary is a place where killing or capturing of any animal is prohibited except under orders of the authorities concerned. They provide protection and optimum living conditions to wild animals.
The wildlife of India is varied and one of the richest wildlife of the world. The wildlife of India is having the several endangered species that are living critically in India that too in the verge of extinction. Critically endangered means there species are 80% lesser than before. The species are endangered as due to the reasons like:
1. They are few in number they are threatened by the environmental and climatic.
2. The loss of the species in the biological entity.
3. Destabilization of an ecosystem
4. Endangerment of other species
5. Loss of irreplaceable genetic material and associated bio-chemicals
The endangered species of the Indian Wildlife are identified by the different international organizations like World Wildlife Fund (WWF), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). There are many reasons that have been on the
Verge of extinction in India. The reasons for it are:
India is so varied and rich in the wildlife as it holds 400 species of