Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity
Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Methods of Conservation of Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Sacred Grove, Levels of Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, Species Diversity, and Ecosystem Diversity.
Important Questions on Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity
Which of the following are the abiotic components present in ecosystem diversity?
Ecosystem diversity is formed by interactions of biotic and abiotic factors.
What is meant by ecosystem diversity?
Define the term genetic diversity.
Define the term species diversity.
Which of the following factors will favour species diversity?
What is ethnoforestry?
What are the significance of the scared groves?
Sacred Groves play role in conserving and maintaining the climate of the region.
What do you mean by sacred groves?
Which among the following is not included in the three levels of biodiversity?
Which of the following is not a level of biodiversity?
The variation found in different members of the same species due to some changes in genes is called _____ diversity.
Species diversity refers to the variation of genes within species.
Ramagundam: Peddapalli District, 60-70 years back Ramagundam had dense forest with a rich heritage of wildlife. This forest extended to border areas of Mancheryal. It was an abode for wild animals like tigers, leopard, deers, hyenas (kondrigallu), foxes, wild boars (adavi pandhi), bears, pythons, cobras, porcupines (mulla pandhi), owls, hares, monitor lizards (udumu) scorpions, geremandals (like the desert spider), etc. After the erection of the thermal power station at Ramagundam (using coal to produce power) and other industries, human activities increased. Then many buildings, roads and stone quarries have come into existence. The Forest area was cleared and so several organisms started disappearing. Though an area near Mancherial (very close to Ramagundam) was once known as Tiger valley, shows no signs of tigers now. Animals like, foxen, deers and geremandals (resembles desert spider) are also not seen these days. We rarely see animals like pythons, cobras, deers some kinds of scorpions and Bears in the forest. Now there are several human settlements in the area. Some areas of less dense forests with animals like pythons, cobras, deers, scorpions, etc. are commonly seen. Bears are rarely found. Peacocks have been sighted recently.
The above case study explains you the need for conservation of biodiversity.
Do we find tigers anywhere else in our country?
Captive breeding is not performed in in-situ conservation.
Write three levels of biodiversity.
It is necessary to conserve biodiversity.
