On the occassion of world forest day, this presentation tells about the celebration of this day, theme of 2021, type of forests in india, indian forest act 1927, forest conservation act 1980, conservation of forest, National parks in India, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Biodiversity, Biodiversity hotspots

2. International Day of Forests
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वन दिवस
Or
World Forestry Day
ववश्व वरननकी दिवस
21st day of March, 2021

3. WHY CELEBRATED?
• To raise awareness of the importance of all
types of forests, and trees outside forests, for
the benefit of current and future generations
• To increase the public awareness among
communities about the values, significance
and contributions of the forests to balance the
life cycle on the earth.

4. THEME OF 2021
"Forest restoration:
the path to recovery and welfare.“
“वन बहरली:
वसूली और् कल्यरण कर मरर्ा”

5. TYPES OF FORESTS IN INDIA
1. Equatorial Moist Evergreen or Rainforest
2. Tropical Deciduous Forest
3. Mediterranean Forests
4. Temperate Broad-leaved Deciduous and
Mixed Forest
5. Warm Temperate Broad-leaved
Deciduous Forest
6. Coniferous Forest

6. The Indian Forest Act, 1927
• The act sought to consolidate and reserve the
areas having forest cover or significant wildlife, to
regulate movement and transit of forest produce,
• It also defines the procedure to be followed for
declaring an area to be a Reserved Forest, a
Protected Forest or a Village Forest.
• It defines what is a forest offence, what are the
acts prohibited inside a Reserved Forest, and
penalties leviable on violation of the provisions of
the Act.

7. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 with
Amendments Made in 1988
Penalty
• imprisonment for a period which may extend
to fifteen days.

8. CONSERVATION OF FORESTS
Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change
The ministry is responsible for implementation
of environmental and forestry program in
India
• Management of national parks
• Conservation of flora and fauna of India
• Pollution controls.

9. STATES WITH LARGEST FOREST COVER
• According to the 2007 forest census published
by the Government of India
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Orissa
5. Maharashtra

10. National parks in India
• By 1970, India only had five national parks.
• India's first national park was established in
1936 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
• Wildlife Protection Act in 1972 and Project
Tiger in 1973
• As of May 2020, there were 105 national parks

11. National parks

12. Wildlife Protection Act in 1972
• The 2002 Amendment Act, the punishment
and penalty for offences under the Act are
1. Imprisonment for three years to seven years
2. Fine of Rs. 10,000/- to 25,000.

13. Wildlife sanctuaries
• India has 543 animal sanctuaries
• There are 51 tiger reserves in
India governed by Project Tiger.

14. TIGER RESERVES (PROJECT TIGER)

15. Biosphere reserve
• protect larger areas of natural habitat
• The Indian government has established 18
Biosphere Reserves of India.

16. Reserved forests and protected forest
• Logging (कटाई वृक्षों की)
• Hunting (शिकार करना)
• grazing (चरना) and other activities are
prohibited
• Reserved forests have a higher degree of
protection with respect to protected forests.

17. Biodiversity
• Biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal
life in the world or in a particular habitat.
• species richness
• species evenness.

18. Biodiversity hotspots
1. The Himalayas
2. The Western Ghats
3. The Indo-Burma region
4. The Sundaland (Includes group of Islands)

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