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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                        (VIRTUAL CLASSES) – LESSON NOTES

           Class     - IX      Geography
           Chapter - 5       Natural Vegetation and Wildlife


                                        (VIRTUAL CLASSES) - MODULE-2.4
        Wildlife- The main causes for major threat to nature and its wildlife are:

              Hunting by greedy hunters for commercial purposes.

              Pollution due to chemical and industrial waste

              acid deposits
              introduction of alien species and

              reckless  cutting  of  the  forests  to  bring  land  under  cultivation  and  habitation,  are  also
               responsible for the imbalance.

        To protect the flora and fauna of the country, the government has taken many steps.
        (i) Eighteen biosphere reserves have been set up in the country to protect flora and fauna. Ten out of

        these:

              the Sundarbans
              Nanda Devi

              the Gulf of Mannar

              the Nilgiri, Nokrek
              Great Nicobar

              Manas, Simlipal

              Pachmarhi and
              Achanakmar-Amarkantak



               have been included in the world network of biosphere reserves.


        (ii) Financial and technical assistance is provided to many botanical gardens by the government since

        1992.
               • Kachchh

               • Cold Desert
               • Seshachalam

               • Panna
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