Wildlife conservation Wildlife Conservation includes all human efforts to perserve wild animals from extinction. It involves the protection and wise management of wild species and their environment. Some species have become extinct due to natural causes‚ but the greatest danger to wildlife results from human activities. Thus‚ we ourselves have created this need for wildlife conservation. The progress of man throughout has been beneficial for the human race but it is the wildlife that has suffered
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private lands to which could not be protected under the president’s authority. It wouldn’t be until the 1930’s that we actually see policy emerge with emphasis on the management of forests. In the 1920’s Aldo Leopold began pushing for wilderness conservation. As a member of the U.S. Forest service Leopold successful designated the first wilderness area‚ the Gila National Forest (aldoleopold.org 2000). This would set precedent for future acts involving forest lands through means of passing policy through
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Water Conservation Water is essential to Earth. We need it to cook‚ bathe‚ provide power‚ control fire‚ and last but not least‚ we need it to live! Therefore‚ it is very important to human survival. When 70% of Earth is made up of water‚ you would think that we have plenty of water for our needs. But really‚ about 97% of that water is made up of ocean. We cannot use this water because it is too saline for our needs. Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh‚ and 2% of that supply is frozen
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It can begin simply by turning off a light switch as someone leaves a room or unplugging a device when not in use. From these small acts‚ the beginning seeds of energy conservation can be sown. Energy conservation has become one of the most hotly debated subjects in the world. Old power plants are struggling to keep up‚ sometimes causing power shortages or “brown outs”‚ and new power plants are being built‚ but most of the new plants still use the same technology as their predecessors. Some
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due to human activities and the reason for conservation of biodiversity will be discussed in details with respect to its aesthetic value‚ medicinal importance and its ecological value. The concept of biodiversity is important in building awareness‚ knowledge‚ information‚ ethics‚ and other complex mixture of agriculture‚ protected areas‚ etc. Figure 1 shows how these fit into the society together to achieve a common objective which is the conservation of biodiversity‚ sustainable use of biological
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with it’s varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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Wildlife conservation Introduction Developing India is metamorphosing the environments; especially it is giving an antagonistic emanation for Indian Wildlife. Developing cities‚ villages‚ leads to massacres of trees. This demonstration of trees is leading to the end of wildlife in India. We are slaughtering the impeccable seraphic ventures just for our sake. Species have been relinquishing‚ since this development began. We have reached to a height when much percent of the species have been dematerialized
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status of wildlife conservation in different states. The first was the of Wildlife (Protection) Act‚ 1972 as a unified piece of legislation. The legislation interalia requires the creation of the post of Chief Wildlife Wardens and Wildlife Wardens in the states to exercise statutory power under the Act. The states have to set up state Wildlife Advisory Boards‚ on the lines of the Indian Board for Wildlife as the apex advisory body to advise the State Government on the conservation of wildlife. The
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An Environmental Conservationist‚ which is also known as a conservation scientist‚ is an excellent job for anyone who loves nature and wants to preserve all of earth ’s natural wonders. As a conservationist you need to‚ "Find your own ways to make less trash‚ and help others to learn how to reduce‚ reuse‚ and recycle." (EPA). The job is a hands-on job which means "spending a major portion of the workday outdoors without regard to weather." (Easton 35) Though this doesn ’t seem like a scientific job
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most neglected commodity on the earth. Shifting cultivation on the hill slopes‚ non-adoption of soil conservation techniques‚ and over exploitation of land for crop production due to population stress‚ leads to enormous soil erosion. It will take hundreds of years to form an inch of soil‚ but in no time it gets washed away down the slope due to erosion. SOIL CONSERVATION Soil Conservation is the process by which the loss of soil is checked‚ reducing the velocity of run-off through erosion
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