article on forest life
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Everything we depend on for our living is from nature. The forests and wildlife that sustain us in multiple ways are made up of complex ecosystems and thousands of diverse species that thrive in it. Yet, they are diminishing at an alarming rate while the world’s population is increasing by many folds.
The Living Planet Report published by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) tells us that the populations of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians have declined by a whopping 50 per cent since the 1970s.
This equals to the loss of half of the world’s population of vertebrates (animals with backbone)!
Reports like these and the issue of rapid destruction of forests in India have to be taken seriously and conserving our country’s natural heritage should be on the top of our priority list.
Because, there are only less than 5 per cent of forests that are marked as protected areas in India. This tiny section holds around 500 wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and tiger reserves that are fragmented across our country.
Here are a few reasons why we should conserve the protected areas with great diligence.
The forests of the Western Ghats mountains are the source of the rivers that irrigate South India. The glaciers and the adjoining forests in the Himalayas are the source of mighty rivers that sustain north India. The wide range of ecosystems across India is home to an incredible biodiversity of around 5,000 species of vertebrates and 15,000 species of flowering plants. The roles that these species perform are generally invisible to us, but once we understand them, we realise the magic of nature.
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