INDIAN WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT BY CAPT TANMOY ROY 127 ETF INTRODUCTION 1 Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants‚ animals‚ and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred since the evolution of mankind‚ and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all Ecosystems‚ Deserts‚ Rain Forests‚ plains‚ and other areas including cities. Most scientists agree that wildlife around the world is
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India is and will always be an enchanting land. This is because like every other country‚ India also has a special and unique aspect for its greatness. Home to the Indus Valley Civilization‚ this magnificent country has rightly showed that minds of the people living here were scientifically a lot developed from the very beginning. To begin with‚ the land of India‚ words are less to describe the marvel of nature’s blessing in this country India has virtually every kind of landscape possible. Naming
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Essay on Assam Assam has been aptly described by some as ‘the Shangrila of the North-Eastern India’ – a state having breathtaking scenic beauty‚ rarest floras and faunas‚ lofty hills‚ lush tea gardens‚ undulating plains‚ mighty waterways‚ dense forests‚ fertile valleys‚ etc. It lies as a jewel of exquisite beauty and charm on the Northeastern horizon of India. Since the days of Hiuen-Tsang it has fascinated the rest of the world with her aura of myth and mysteries‚ history and folklore‚ music and
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Some wildlife species like the rhinoceros‚ cheetah‚ elephant‚ crocodile‚ snake etc. are hunted by the poachers. There are persons of much daring who go into the forest stealthily without the knowledge of the wildlife department authorities and shoot the animals which may be a source of great gain to them. Poachers have long been active in several parts of the world. The elephants are killed for their tusks of great value. A pair of tusks in the international market may fetch an enormous amount to
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of forest and tribals‚ the entire north-east region is rich in its natural resources-oil‚ natural gas‚ minerals and most importantly valuable forests. The worlds largest river Island ’Majuli’ is situated in the heart of the river Brahmaputra. The Kaziranga National Park in the Jorhat district of Assam is the home for the world famous one-homed rhinoceros. The place of highest rainfall in the world "Mousimam" is situated in Meghalaya. Assam produces the largest share of tea that’s nearly 53%
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MY ROLE IN PRESERVING NATURAL RESOURCES Natural resources are materials and components (something that can be used) that can be found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental level). A natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water‚ and air‚ as well as a living organism such as a fish‚ or it may exist in an alternate form which must be processed to obtain the resource such as metal ores‚ oil‚ and most forms of energy
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administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.There were an additional six proposed and four approved in principle reserves that are not yet declared.The government of India has reserved 8 new tiger reserves in India. The new reserves are Kaziranga National Park in Assam‚ Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary and Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in Chhatisgarh‚ Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka‚ Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala‚ Sanjay National Park in Madhya Pradesh‚ Mudumalai National
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conservation programmes in India include Project Tiger‚ which has been till now the most successful one in protecting and preserving the tiger population. There is the Gir National Park‚ which is only habitat existing for Asiatic lions in India. The Kaziranga Sanctuary is Assam is another remarkable example of saving the endangered Rhinoceros. There’s Periyar in Kerala conserving the Wild Elephants and the Dachigam National Park doing the same to save the Hangul or Kashmiri Stag. Health by definition
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RHINOCEROS POACHING Poaching Despite of the protective measure‚ prosecution of this animal continues with the exceptionally high and illegal price on the rhino horn in clandestine market. In Kaziranga National Park‚ 69 rhinos were poached during the period of 1988 to 1991 (Bhattacharya 1993). In Nepal‚ data shows that intensity of rhino poaching is depend on the action taken by the management authority. During 1976 to 1983 poaching was completely stopped due to the Army involvement in the conservation
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The Brahmaputra (Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र)‚ (Assamese ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ Brôhmôputrô)[2] also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra‚ is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. With its origin from Talung Tso Lake in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River‚ it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh (India) where it is known as Dihang.[3] It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as
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