CBSE Notes, Lectures

CBSE - Geography - Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

Short Answer Type

Highlight the different subjects taken by government to protect flora and fauna. 

1. Fourteen biosphere reserves have been setup in the country to protect flora fauna. Four out of these, the Sunderban in the west Bengal, Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal, The Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu and the Nilgiries have been included in the world network of Biosphere reserves.

2. Financial and technical assistance is provided too many Botanical gardens by government since 1992.

3. Project tiger, Project Rhino, Project Great Indian Bustard and many other ecodevelopmental projects has been introduced by the government. 

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