Presentation on Forest and wildlife resources

1. Group Number - 6

6.  We human beings along with all living
organisms form a complex web of ecological
system called ecosystem in which we are only a
part and very much dependent on this system
for our very existence.
 Wildlife and Forest play a key role in the
ecological system as these are also the primary
procedures on which all other living beings
depend upon....

8. India has some of the world's most biodiverse regions. The political
boundaries of India encompass a wide range of ecozones—desert,
high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests,
swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, as well as
island archipelago. It hosts 3 biodiversity hotspots: the Western
Ghats, the Himalayas and the Indo-Burma region. These hotspots
have numerous endemic species.
India, for the most part, lies within the Indomalaya ecozones, with
the upper reaches of the Himalayas forming part of the Pale arctic
ecozone; the contours of 2000 to 2500m are considered to be the
altitudinal boundary between the Indo-Malayan and Palearcti zones.
India displays significant biodiversity. One of eighteen mega diverse
countries, it is home to 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all avian,
6.2% of all reptilian, 4.4% of all amphibian, 11.7% of all fish, and
6.0% of all flowering plant species.

9. Flora in India
The flora of India is one of the richest in the world due to the
wide range of climate, topology and habitat in the country.
There are estimated to be over 16,000 species of flowering
plants in India, which constitute some 6-7 percent of the total
plant species in the world. India is home to more than 45,000
species of plants, including a variety of endemics. The use of
plants as a source of medicines has been an integral part of life
in India from the earliest times. There are more than 3000
Indian plant species officially documented as possessing great
medicinal potential. India is divided into eight main floristic
regions : Western Himalayas, Eastern Himalayas, Assam,
Indus plain, Ganges plain, the Deccan, Malabar and the
Andaman Islands

11.  Among the larger animals in India, 79
species of mammals, 44 species of bird, 15
species of reptiles and 03 species of
amphibians are threatened !!
 Nearly 1,500 plant species are considered
endangered. Flowering plant and vertebrate
animals have recently become extinct at a rate
estimated to be 50 to 100 times the average
expected natural

14. • World’s fastest land mammal is a unique and
specialized member of cat family and can move at the
speed of 112 km/hr.
• Cheetah is often mistaken for leopard but has
distinguishing marks like the long tear dropped
shaped lines on each side of the nose from corner of its
eyes to its mouth.
• Prior to 20th century Cheetah’s were widely distributed
in Asia and Africa, i.e. today nearly extinct due to
decline in habitat and prey.
• The species were declared extinct in India long back in
1952

17. Distribution of
forest and wild
life resources
Reserved
Forests
Protected
forests
Unclassed
Forests

18. RESERVED
FORESTS
PROTECTED
FORESTS
UNCLASSED
FORESTS
• More than half of
the total forests have
been declared as
reserved forests. They
are regarded as the
most valuable as far
the conservation of
forest resources are
concerned
• Almost one third of
the total forest area is
protected forest, as
declared by the forest
department. This
forests land is
protected from any
further depletion.
• These are other forests and
wastelands belonging to both
government and private
individuals and communities.
• Jammu and
Kashmir, Andhra
Pradesh, Uttaranchal,
Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal and
Maharashtra have
large percentages of
reserved forests.
• Bihar, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Orissa and
Rajasthan have a bulk
of it under protected
forests.
• All the North-Eastern states
and parts of Gujarat have very
high percentage of their
forests as unclassed forests
managed by local
communities.