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4. Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
(ii) How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain.
5. Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Describe how communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife
in India?
(ii) Write a note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
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Answer:
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Explanation:
1:Biodiversity is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level. Terrestrial biodiversity is usually greater near the equator, which is the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity.Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. ... Ecological life support— biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean air and water, pollination of plants, pest control, wastewater treatment and many ecosystem services.
2:Human activities have greatly affected the depletion of flora and fauna in such a way as: (a) Expansion of the commercial and scientific forestry and mining activities: Expansion of the industry causes a lot of trees to be cut and the soil is dug out during mining. This has caused depletion of resources.
1:The community has declared their own set of rules and regulations which do not allow hunting and are protecting the wildlife against any outside encroachments. (iii) Many states have launched the Joint Forest Management programme to involve local communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests.
2:During conservation of forests many good practices have been evolved. These
Use of flora and fauna in religious functions.
Formation of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and bio reserves to protect endangered species.