By christo vinod VIII BBy christo vinod VIII B

Natural vegetation - refers to plant life which grows naturally in an area without any human intervention .

• Wildlife - refers to the animal life found in an area that is not tamed or domesticated by humans .

natural vegetation & wildlife

Natural vegetation helps us in :- we obtain products like timber ,

herbs , gum , fruit Trees produce oxygenTrees acts like shelter belts They prevent soil erosion It helps to increase and recharge

underground water

natural vegetation

Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

deforestation

Wildfires are another type of destruction of forest and scrubland . It is a fire that is uncontrollable and occurs in forest or bush land . Countries like Usa , Indonesia , Australia and Greece and suffer frequent wildfires .

wildfire

To protect forests the government has declared many of the forests called protected or reserved forest.

In reserved forest the right to all activities like hunting and grazing are banned but in protected forests the rights to all activities are allowed unless specific orders are issued .

conservation of forests

Plants are producers .Plants produce there own food

and are known as auto tropes .Animals depend directly or

indirectly on plants for food , therefore they are known as heterotrophs .

Points to remember

wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.

Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems.

wildlife

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.

 Biosphere Reserve is an ecosystem with plants and animals of unusual scientific and natural interest.

Wildlife sanctuary is a vast area used to protect wildlife .

Biosphere reserves are zoned according to the intensity of human activity :-

The core zone is free from human intervention .The buffer zone serves to protect the core zone and is used for forest research .The transition zone contains areas given to

traditional agriculture use and is benchmarked for agricultural research .

Biosphere reserves

Nandhaur Wildlife SanctuaryGangotri National Parkhilmil Conservation Reserve in IndiaBinsar Wildlife SanctuaryCoringa Wildlife Sanctuary Manas Wildlife SanctuaryKaziranga National Park Ranthambore National Parko Hemis national parks

wildlife sanctuary national park biosphere reserves In India

Many countries have strengthen the laws against the killing and illegal trading of birds and animals . In India , the killing of all the animals is banned .

note