Biodiversity scenario in himachal pradesh

1. Biodiversity-
Present Scenario in
Himachal Pradesh

2. Hello!
I am Ankit sharda
I am here because I love to give presentations.
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Biodiversity is the biological variety and variability of
life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at
the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
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5. Types Of Biodiversity
◉ Species Biodiversity
◉ Genetic Biodiversity
◉ Ecosystem Biodiversity
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6. 1. Species Biodiversity Species Diversity is the effective number of different
species that are represented in a collection of individuals
2. Genetic Biodiversity Genetic diversity, the level of biodiversity refers to the total
number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a specie
3. Ecosystem Biodiversity Ecosystem diversity refers to the diversity of a place at
the level of ecosystems. The term differs from biodiversity, which refers to variation
in species rather than ecosystems.
Types Of Biodiversity
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7. BENEFITS OF
BIODIVERSITY
◉ Consumptive value: Food/Drink Fuel Medicine Better crop varieties
Industrial Material
◉ Non-Consumptive Value: Recreation Education and Research
Traditional value
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8. DISTRIBUTION OF
BIODIVERSITY
◉ Flora and fauna diversity depends on- Climate Altitude Soils
Presence of other species
◉ Most of the biodiversity concentrated in Tropical region.
◉ BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS A region with high biodiversity with most of
spices being Endemic.
◉ India have two Biodiversity Hotspots- East Himalayan Region and
Western Ghat.
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9. Restoration of
Biodiversity
◉ Imparting Environmental Education
◉ Enacting, strengthening and enforcing Environmental
Legislation
◉ Population Control
◉ Reviewing the agriculture practice
◉ Controlling Urbanization
◉ Conservation through Biotechnology
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10. A picture is
worth a
thousand
words
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11. Biodiversity richness of
Himachal Pradesh
◉ The fauna of Himachal Pradesh is very diverse and unique.
◉ Out of 89,451 species of animals in India, the state harbors 5,721
species of the Indian fauna which shows richness of biological
resources of the state considering its small geographical area, which is
only 1.7% of the country.
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12. ◉ Out of the total 47,000 plant species found in the
country as many as 3295 species are reported
from Himachal Pradesh. Floral wealth of the state
consists of higher plants, ferns, mosses, fungi and
Lichens. There are 3120 species of angiosperms,
13 species of gymnosperms and 124 pteridophytes
and 38 species of orchids.
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13. Thanks!
Any questions?
You can mail me at @ankitsharda18@gmail.com
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