Question

What efforts or steps were taken by the government to protect forests and wildlife of the country ?

CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)

Answer 1

Like forests, wildlife is also a national resource which not only helps in maintaining the ecological balance but is also beneficial from economic, recre­ational and aesthetic points of view. There was a time when human interference was minimum, the number of wild animals was quite high and there was no problem of their protection or conservation. But, with the expansion of agriculture, settlement, industrial and other developmental activities and mainly due to greed of man the number of wild animals gradually became lesser and lesser. As a result that several species of animals have been pronounced extinct and several others are at the verge of it. Deforestation is also one of the main reasons for the loss of wildlife. Mass scale killings of wild animals for their meat, bones, fur, teeth, hair, skin, etc., are going on throughout the world. Therefore, the need for wildlife conservation has now become a necessity....hope u like it...

Answer 2

Measures taken by the Indian government to protect wildlife are :

(a) The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in 1972 with various provisions for protecting habitats.

(b) An All-India list of protected species was also published.

(c) To protect the remaining population of certain endangered species government has banned hunting, given legal protection of the habitats of those species and restricted trade in wildlife.

(d) Central and many state governments have established national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.