Q.What is called national park? What is its role in life conservation?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →A national park is a legally protected natural area conserving wildlife and habitat in-situ, playing a key role in biodiversity conservation.
National Park: A national park is a relatively large area of natural or near-natural ecosystem, notified and legally protected by the government, where the native plant and animal species (wildlife) can freely use the habitat and natural resources. Human activities such as grazing, hunting, private land ownership, forestry, and cultivation are strictly prohibited or heavily regulated inside a national park to keep the ecosystem as undisturbed as possible.
Role in (life) biodiversity conservation:
- Provides in-situ conservation — species are protected within their own natural habitat/ecosystem, allowing natural evolutionary and ecological processes to continue.
- Protects entire ecosystems (flora, fauna, landscape) rather than single species, thereby conserving overall biodiversity.
- Prevents habitat destruction, poaching, and over-exploitation of resources, helping endangered/threatened species recover and survive. …
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