EXSITU AND INSITU CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INTRODUCTION India ranks sixth under world’s twelve mega bio-diversity zones. Out of these‚ two ofthem exist in our country. India possesses tremendous ecological bio-diversity. Itcontains 5 % of the world’s bio-diversity on 2 % of the earth’s surface. Thebiodiversity in our country is unique in nature and its in-situ and ex-situ conservationis very well needed. In recent years‚ the global demand of herbs has led to a quantumjump
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T. Gregory October 31‚ 2011 Writing Assignment II: Animals Have Families Too This advertisement by the World Wildlife Foundation shows a little girl that looks like a tiger cub about to be shot by a poacher. Instead of focusing on all the endangered species in the world‚ it concentrates on Tigers only. This image focuses on the ideas of tiger conservation‚ family‚ and poaching in hopes of pulling at people’s heart strings to raise money. The main way they do this is by focusing on your family
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animals that died out‚ like the dinosaurs‚ may have done so because of sudden changes in the world’s climate‚ or because other species appeared that could hunt them or beat them in the competition for food. Tigers are among the animals that are endangered in Asia. The tiger is native to Asia from the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Siberia in the north and Indonesia and even in Borneo and the Philippines in the south. There are a few breeds of tigers that still exist in this world. According to WWF
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A researched examination into the critically endangered frog species‚ Heleophryne rosei‚ with specific regard to its habitat‚ ecology and population. In addition to the various threats this species faces and conservation actions implemented to safe–guard its remaining numbers. L.S. Maistry - 212510816 Department of Life Sciences ‚ University of KwaZulu – Natal‚ Private Bag X 01‚ Scottsville‚ 3209‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa . Submitted: 19 August 2013 The focus of this assignment is a researched
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It is host to the black warrior waterdog‚ necturus alabamensis‚ a medium-sized perennibranch salamander. Who’s habitat is restricted to the black warrior river basin where it gets its name. The definition of an endangered species by the IUCN is‚ ’’A. Reduction in population size‚ B. limited Geographic range‚ C. Population size estimated to number fewer than 2‚500 mature individuals‚ D. Population size estimated to number fewer than 250 mature individuals and E. Quantitative
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Dear Mr Clarkson‚ I have recently read your article ‘Stuff the Tiger – long live extinction’ and disagree strongly with the views you put forward. Your arguments are unjustified and the examples you use to demonstrate are faulty and contradicting to each other . In this article‚ you have mentioned how extinction doesn’t have any impact on mankind. Also‚ your opinions were based upon natural extinction and Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest instead of human intervention. I would like
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Elephants Just in the past 10 years‚ ten thousands of elephants have been slaughtered. Sometimes the killers don’t wait till the elephants are dead to take the ivory. This causes the elephant to suffer greatly. Elephants are endangered. Many baby elephants are killed for their tiny stubs of ivory‚ how to save them‚ and the origins of elephant abuse. Some devastating facts about elephants are that they have been dropping 62% over the last decade. (Pg1) About 100 African elephants are killed a day
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keeping them in captivity anymore; but he also give credit to SeaWorld because they are doing rescues for certain animals too. He wants his audience to think about the problems which already exists for example there are already more than 3000 species endangered and the world is threaten by “the sixth extinction” so the real problems are not zoos or aquariums. In conclusion‚ the article is well written‚ the author is using appropriate language and gives his audience a reason to think about the main problems
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Chapter 18 Summary/Notes Conservation of Biodiversity Modern Conservation Legacies * The world is in a sixth mass extinction (the biodiversity is declining at a rapid rate) * Causes are mostly by human activities * Habitat destruction * Overharvesting plant and animal populations * Results in growing interest in conserving biodiversity by setting aside areas that are protected from any human activities * Establishing national parks‚ national monuments‚ national
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Intro: I will be doing my report on tigers. Tigers have more than 100 stripes‚ and no two tigers have the same stripes. Another interesting thing about tigers is that the roar of a tiger can be heard more than a mile away. Tigers are also an endangered species. Made of cells: Tigers are multicellular. They have skin cells‚ blood cells‚ ad brain cells. They are an animal cell. Need Energy: Tigers are heterotrophs which means that they get their energy from the food that they eat. Tigers
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