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| Loss of Wildlife |
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| Wildlife includes the flora and fauna present in the forests. Flora is the collections of plants and fauna, the collection of animals. Precious plants and animals are becoming extinct or endangered as a result of clearing of the forests. The forests are home to many precious species of plants and animals. In fact, the wealth of wildlife is so much that we have not even identified a large number of the species. Many practices like poaching, encroaching forestland for cultivation and occupation, pollution, etc. have resulted in the decline in numbers of wildlife. |
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| The wildlife is a renewable resource. However, man's activities are depleting these resources much faster than they can renew. This has resulted in extinction of a number of species. So far, at least 100 species of mammals, 80 species of birds and hundreds of species of plants have become extinct. |
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| Wild animals are an important resource as they are used |
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to obtain useful materials like leather, ivory, fur, etc. |
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for research in medicine |
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for recreation |
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