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Protected Areas
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Biosphere Reserve
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- These are the areas meant for conservation of biodiversity.
- Biosphere reserves help to maintain the biodiversity and culture of that area.
- A biosphere reserve may also contain other protected areas in it.
- Pachmarhi comprises three protection sites: the Bori Sanctuary, Satpura National Park and Pachmarhi Sanctuary – otherwise known as the Satpura Tiger Reserve.
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Wildlife Sanctuary
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- Wildlife Sanctuaries like reserve forests provide protection and suitable living conditions to wild animals.
- In wildlife sanctuaries are allowed to do certain activities such as grazing by their livestock, collecting medicinal plants, firewood, etc.
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National Park
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- These reserves are large and diverse enough to protect whole sets of ecosystems.
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- They preserve flora, fauna, landscape and historic objects of an area.
- Satpura National Park is the first Reserve Forest of India.
- The finest Indian teak is found in this forest.
- Strict rules are imposed in all National Parks.
- Human activities such as grazing, poaching, hunting, capturing of animals or collection of firewood, medicinal plants, etc. are not allowed.
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The Role of Red Data Book in the Conservation of Plants and Endangered Wildlife
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Detail
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- It is the source book which keeps a record of all the endangered animals and plants, underscoring the crucial role of Conservation of Plants in safeguarding biodiversity.
- The Red Data Book is maintained internationally by IUCN.
- India also maintains a Red Data Book for plants and animals found in India.
- Animals whose numbers are diminishing to a level that they might face extinction are known as the endangered animals.
- Small animals are much more in danger of becoming extinct than the bigger animals.
- Some of the threatened wild animals like black buck, white eyed buck, elephant, golden cat, pink headed duck, gharial, marsh crocodile, python, rhinoceros, etc., are protected and preserved in wildlife sanctuaries.
- Indian sanctuaries have unique landscapes — broad level forests, mountain forests and bush lands in deltas of big rivers.
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