How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain
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How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain
- Various river valley projects have affected the flora and fauna
- Many illegal Mining projects have depleted the flora and fauna
- Too many development projects for leisure activities in the forests have negatively affected.
- Too many human activities in the forest area due to rising population and lack of space has created human-animal conflict.
☃️ 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 .
⭐ Various activities carried out by man are ;
1. Deforestation for agricultural expansion.
2. Degradation of forests by shifting cultivation .
3. Large scale development projects .
4. Mining activities .
5. Habitat destruction, hunting, poaching, over exploitation of forest products, environmental degradation, forest fires are some other factors which have led to the decline of India's biodiversity .
6. Other important causes of environmental destruction are unequal access, inequitable consumption of resources and differential sharing of responsibility for environmental well-being.