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WILDLIFE

By Group D

INTRODUCTIONN

India is one of the seventeenmegadiverse countries. According to one study, India along with other 16 mega diverse countries is home to about 60-70% of the world's biodiversity.

Thewildlife in Indiacomprises a mix of species of different types of organisms.Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows, buffaloes, goats, poultry, pigs and sheep, India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country.

It is home toa variety species. The region's rich and diverse wildlife is preserved in 89national parks, 18Bio-reservesand 400+wildlife sanctuariesacross the country.it is also home to 89,000 of animal species and 1,200 of bird species.

RULERS OF THE WOODS

India is the only country in the world that has both tigers and lions. the natural habitat of the Indian lion is the gir forest in Gujarat.

Adult maleIndian lionatGir Forest. Gir forest in India has the only surviving population of Asiatic lions in the world.

Tigers are found in the forests of M.P, the sundarbans of west Bengal and the Himalayan region. Leopards too are members of the cat family. They are important among animals of prey.

WILDLIFE IN THE HIMALAYAS

The Himalayas are home to a variety of hard range of animals which survive in extreme cold. ladakhs freezing high altitudes are a home to yak, the shaggy horned wild ox weighing around one tonne, the Tibetan antelope, the bharal and the wild sheep. furthermore the snow leopard and very rare red panda are found in certain pockets

The Himalayas is very popular fortouristsbecause it has a lot of wild life. The types of plants and trees, which are common in the place, areOak,Pine,Fir,Rhododendron,Birch,Juniper, and Deodar.

TheYak is mostly seen in the colddesert.They are like wildoxand they are the largest animals in this region. In regions of Ladakh animals like Nyan, the wild and the most largestsheepare found.

EYES OF THE SKY

Bird life in India is colourful. Peacocks, pheasants and pigeons are some of the birds inhabiting the forests and wetlands of the country

The Indian government has established 18Biosphere Reserves in India,(categories roughly corresponding toIUCNCategory VProtected areas), which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than aNational ParkorAnimal Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks and/or preserves, along buffer zones that are open to some economic uses. Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region, but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions, and their ways of life. Animals areprotected and savedhere.

Biosphere Reserves

National parks in India areIUCNcategory IIprotected areas.India's firstnational parkwas established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known asJim Corbett National Park. By 1970, India only had five national parks. In 1972, India enacted theWildlife Protection ActandProject Tiger to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species. Further federal legislation strengthening protections for wildlife was introduced in the 1980s. As of April 2012, there were 112 national parks. All national park lands then encompassed a total 39,919km2(15,413sq.mi)km, comprising 1.21% of India's total surface area.

National parks

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