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Q.Write short notes on: Role of the human beings in biodiversity conservation.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Human beings play a central role in biodiversity conservation, in several complementary ways:
- Protecting natural habitats (in-situ conservation) — supporting and maintaining biodiversity parks, protected forests, and community-conserved sacred groves (devrai), which keep whole ecosystems, not just individual species, intact.
- Building and supporting ex-situ institutions — establishing and maintaining botanical gardens, zoological parks, museums and herbaria, which preserve species (or their records) even when their natural habitat is under threat.
- Avoiding over-exploitation of resources — since the chapter identifies population pressure and over-exploitation as major drivers of biodiversity loss, sustainable, restrained use of natural resources directly helps slow this loss.
- Scientific study and documentation — using taxonomical aids (herbaria, keys, museums) to properly identify, classify and monitor species, which is a necessary first step before any species or habitat can be effectively protected. …
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