Vital for CBSE class X students for the preparation of Social Science

1. MADATSST
&
MUKUND INGLE
PRESENT

2. Mr. Mukund B. Ingle

3.  Source of oxygen
 Source of food
 Source of Shelter
 Source of Raw material to various industries

4.  Availability of flora and fauna with diverse but
closely integrated and interdependent
system.
 We depend upon trees for food and shelter
and flora depends upon us for carbon
dioxide.
 Forest being primary producers plays vital
role in ecological balance.

5.  India has 8 percent of the total number species
of the world.
 At least 10 per cent of India’s recorded wild flora
and 20 per cent of its mammals are on the
threatened list.
 Many of these would now be categorized as
‘critical’, that is on the verge of extinction like
the cheetah, pink-headed duck, mountain quail,
forest spotted owlet, and plants like madhuca.

6.  Normal Species –
 Their population is in control for survival.
 Ex. cattle, sal, pine, rodents, etc.
 Endangered Species –
 Something negative happen these species would be
extinct.
 Ex. Black buck, crocodile, Indian wild ass, Indian
rhino, lion tailed macaque, sangai (brow anter deer in
Manipur), etc.

7.  Vulnerable Species –
 Something negative happen, these species might turn
endangered.
 Ex. blue sheep, Asiatic elephant, Gangetic dolphin,
etc.
 Rare species –
 Species with less number may turn into endangered
or vulnerable if something negative happen.
 Ex. the Himalayan brown bear, wild Asiatic buffalo,
desert fox and hornbill, etc.

8.  Endemic Species –
 These species are found in the particular area
due to geographical barriers.
 Ex. The Andaman teal, Nicobar pigeon, Andaman
wild pig, Mithun in Arunchal Pradesh.
 Extinct Species –
 They are not found in the local area, country,
continent where they live after the search also.
 Ex. The Asiatic Cheetah, Pink Head duck.

9.  The Colonial Period
 Agricultural Expansion
 River valley projects
 Mining
 Grazing and Fuel-wood collection
 The Rapid Expansion of Industrial-Urban
Economy
 Poaching and Hunting

10.  Passing Laws and Acts
 Banning Hunting and Poaching and
restricting forest trades
 Making national parks and sanctuaries
 Launching projects
 Spreading Awareness among people

11.  The SariskaTiger Reserve
 The Bhairodev Dakav Sonchuri’
 SacredTrees in various communities
 Chipko Movement
 Beej Bachao Andolan and Navdanya
 Joint Forest Management

12.  Reserved Forest –
 Half of the total number of forest
 The most valuable forest
 Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Kerala,Tamil Nadu,West Bengal,
and Maharashtra have large percentages of
reserved forests

13.  Protected Forest –
 One –third of the total number of forest
 It is protected from the further depletion
 Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh,
Odisha and Rajasthan have a bulk of it under
protected forests.

14.  Unclassed Forest –
 It is owned by government and individuals and
communities
 All Northeastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very
high percentage of their forests as unclassed forests
managed by local communities.
 Reserved and Protected is together called as
Permanent Forest and Madhya Pradesh has 75% of its
forest as permanent forest.
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