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Some of the causes are. Pollution of soil water and atmosphere 5.

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Biodiversity In India V 1 Book Pdf. Of the 17 million species known to inhibit the earth human are just one of them one third to one fourth is likely to extinct within the next few decades. This article throws light upon the causes of loss of biodiversity in india. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

Main articlefauna of india and wildlife of india. Flora and fauna of india. In force the biological diversity act 2002 is an act of the parliament of india for preservation of biological diversity in india and provides mechanism for equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of traditional biological resources and knowledge.

Indias biodiversity is threatened by the destruction and degradation of ecosystems and by over exploitation of species. It lies within the indomalaya ecozone and completely houses two of the 34 biodiversity hotspot in the world. The third indo burma lies partially within the indian north east.

Some salient features of indias biodiversity are listed. More specifically the threats are inter alia due to the following. Mammals birds insects and other.

Global climate change 6. Overexploitation of plant and animal species 4. India has the greater number of cat species than any other country.

Number of indian species percent of world total percent of indian species evaluated species threatened in india as percent of those evaluated number extinct percent of those evaluated mammals 386 7 59 41 4 18 birds 1219 12 7 unknown reptiles 495 73 46 unknown. There are about 1250 species of birds from india with some variations depending on taxonomic treatments accounting for about 12 of the world species. There are about 410 species of mammals known from india which is about 886 of the world species.

India is a country rich in biological diversity. Ignorance about species and ecosystems and loss of traditional knowledge 7. This video describes the biodiversity found in india.

Biodiversity heritage library about help faq bhl store. India has two major realms the palaeoarctic and the indo malayan and three biomass tropical humid forests tropical drydeciduous forests and warm deserts semi deserts. The flora of british india.

1 october 2003 and 1 july 2004 status. Full text catalog advanced search. Summary of animal biodiversity threats.

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