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FOREST&

BIODIVERSITY

BHAWNA

KOMAL

KIRAN

MANISHA

MEERA

PREETIKA

PRIYADARSHINI

PUJA

RASHISHIKHA

SHRISHA

SUSHMITA

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WHY FORESTS AREIMPORTANT?

FOREST is the imp!t"#t s$!%e !"' m"te!i"()

A(mst *+i((# pep(e ,epe#,s #', ! $e( ! he"ti#- "#, %.i#-)

F! i#,$st!ies the/ p!0i,e +thTim+e! "#, N#1 tim+e! p!,$%ts)

oTim+e! p!,$%ts (i.e ($m+e! 2p$(p2

p"pe! et%oN#1tim+e! (i.e +e!!ies2 me,i%i#"(he!+2 s"ps "#, i()

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F!est P!,$%ti#

Source of valuable timber Biodiversity, wildlife habitat Shelter for local and indigenous

people Storehouse of food, fuel, medicines Absorb carbon dioxide, emit oxygen Help to stabilize climate Aesthetic, spiritual, cultural values Tourist attraction

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Th!e"ts t F!ests

Illegal logging xcessive commercial logging nvironmentally damaging logging

practices !uel wood collection "eliberately set forest #res

$onversion to agriculture %oaching of animals and rare plants &lobal warming' acid rain

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MEASURES TO PROTE3TFOREST44

$reating awareness in the society(

&overnment initiative for savingtrees(

%unishing the people andorganization who are cutting treesetc

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Bi,i0e!sit/ 1 De5#iti#

The variability among livingorganisms from all sources includingterrestrial, marine, and other a)uaticecosystems and the ecological

complexes of which they are a part'this includes diversity within species,between species and of ecosystems(

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TYPES OF BIODIVERSITY

&enetic diversity * genetic variabilityor diversity within a species, i(e(between the individuals of a species

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+(Species diversity * diversity betweendierent species

xample ' Felis tigris

Felis domestica

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-( cosystem diversity . diversitywithin a region

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PLANT SPE3IES IN INDIA AND WORLD

T"6" Spe%ies

India /orld

B"%te!i" 789 :999

Vi!$ses $#.#'# :999

A(-"e ;899 :92999

F$#-i 2999

Li%he#s >999

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A0I1A2 S%$IS I0 I0"IA A0"

/342"

T"6" Spe%ies

India /orld

I#se%ts ;92999 7299999

M(($s%" 8999 2899 >*2999

Amphi+i"#s 9

Repti(es :99 ;2889 Bi!,s *