Conservation of Biodiversity

📚 Key Concepts

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🔹 Why is Biodiversity Important?

  • Provides food, medicine, and raw materials
  • Maintains ecological balance
  • Each species plays a unique role in the ecosystem
  • Loss of one species affects the entire ecosystem

🔹 Threats to Biodiversity

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  • Habitat destruction: Cutting forests, pollution
  • Climate change: Global warming, unusual weather
  • Human activities: Overhunting, overfishing
  • Invasive species: Non-native species disrupting ecosystems

🔹 Conservation Efforts

Government Initiatives:

  • Project Tiger (1973): Protect Bengal Tigers
  • Cheetah Reintroduction Project (2022): Restore Cheetah population
  • Protected Areas: National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries

Traditional Conservation:

  • Sacred Groves: Community-protected forest patches
  • Local community participation
  • Awareness programs
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🧪 Conservation Success Stories

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