*ART INTEGRATED PROJECT*
*Topic* : *Conservation of wild life and forest in Kerala and Himachal pradesh*
*STEPS*
1) Introduction
2) Objectives
3)Content
4) Conclusion
5) Reference
*Content*
conservation of wild life and forest in Kerala
conservation of wild life and forest in Himachal Pradesh
Fauna and Flora of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh
Answers
Answer:
Most of Kerala, whose native habitat consists of wet evergreen rainforests at lower elevations and highland deciduous and semi-evergreen forests in the east, is subject to a humid tropical climate. however, significant variations in terrain and elevation have resulted in a land whose biodiversity registers as among the world’s most significant.
Most of Kerala's significantly biodiverse tracts of wilderness lie in the evergreen forests of its easternmost districts;[1] coastal Kerala (along with portions of the east) mostly lies under cultivation and is home to comparatively little wildlife. Despite this, Kerala contains 9,400 km2 of natural forests. Out of the approximately 7,500 km2 of non-plantation forest cover, there are wild regions of tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests (lower and middle elevations — 3,470 km2), tropical moist and dry deciduous forests (mid-elevations — 4,100 km2 and 100 km2, respectively), and montane subtropical and temperate (shola) forests (highest elevations — 100 km2). Such forests together cover 24% of Kerala's landmass.[2] Kerala also hosts two of the world’s Ramsar Convention-listed wetlands: Lake Sasthamkotta and the Vembanad-Kol wetlands are noted as being wetlands of international importance.[citation needed] There are also numerous protected conservation areas, including 1455.4 km2 of the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.[citation needed]Parambikullam forest of [3] district is the only forest in Kerala that have main entrence is through Tamil Nadu.