Table of Contents
- National Parks
- Wildlife Sanctuaries
- Summary
- Did You Know?
- What’s Next?
In the last segment of the chapter ‘Conservation of Plants and Animals’, we learnt about biosphere, biodiversity, and protected areas. In this segment, let us get ourselves introduced to national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
What are National Parks?
The areas having rich flora and fauna with a lot of natural, geomorphological, and ecological significance that are marked by the government are called National parks.
For example,
- Huge mountains
- Lakes
- Rivers
- Medicinal trees
The main aim of National Parks is to protect and develop wildlife or its environment.
All kinds of human activities that damage the environment are prohibited in a national park. For example,
- Cultivation
- Hunting
- Forestry
- Grazing
- Encroachment
- Habitat destruction
People living in such areas need to seek the permission of the relevant authorities if they require procuring of any forest produce.
