Flora and Fauna in India

Importance of Biodiversity

• Biodiversity is immensely rich in wildlife and cultivated species, diverse in form and function but closely integrated in a system through multiple network of interdependencies.
• India is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of its vast array of biological diversity.

Role of Forests

• Forests play a key role in the ecological system as these are also the primary producers on which all other living beings depend.
• Forests re-create the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil that produces our food.

Importance of Conservation

• Conservation preserves the ecological diversity and our life support systems – water, air, and soil.
• Conservation preserves the genetic diversity of plants and animals for better growth of species and breeding.

Human Impact

• Human activities have affected the depletion of flora and fauna, mainly due to insensitivity to our environment.
• Conservation of forest and wildlife has become essential due to the rapid decline in wildlife population and forestry.

Conservation Efforts

• Reserved forests, Protected forests, Unclassed forests, and other forests and wastelands belonging to both government and private individuals and communities are regarded as most valuable for conservation.
• Forest lands are protected from any further depletion.

Community Conservation

• Communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife in India through their traditional practices and stories prevalent in their regions.
• Good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife include preserving the ecological diversity and our life support systems.