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PROTECTED FOREST RESERVES
POINTS COVERED
INTRODUCTION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESERVED AND
PROTECTED FOREST REASONS TO PROTECT FOREST FOREST COVER AREA IN DIFFERENT
STATES IN INDIA LIST OF PROTECTED AREAS IN INDIA INDIAN FOREST ACT 1927 CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
A protected forest is a forest with some amount of legal or constitutional protection or where the habitat and resident species are legally accorded protection from further depletion.
Protected forests of India were introduced in the Indian Forest Act ,1927 in British India and were retained after independence.
A reserved forest is a specific term for designating forests and other natural areas which enjoy judicial and constitutional protection under the legal systems of many countries.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESERVED FOREST AND PROTECTED FOREST
Land rights to forests declared as reserved forest or protected forest are typically acquired and owned by the Government of India , both are declared by the government .
The main difference between them is rights to all activities like hunting, grazing ,etc in reserved forest is banned unless specific orders are issued and in protected forest rights to activities like hunting and grazing are sometimes given to communities living on the fringes of the forest who sustain their livelihood partially or wholly from forest resources and products .
Thus reserved forests enjoy a higher degree of protection with respect to protected forests.
WHY ARE FORESTS PROTECTED?
Forest protection is the preservation or improvement of a forest threatened or affected by abuse or out of balance nature.
The reasons to protect forest is to prevent it from
• Aggressive or unsustainable farming and logging.
• Expanding city development caused by population explosion and the resulting urban sprawl.
LIST OF PROTECTED AREAS OF INDIA
NATIONAL PARKS—
SANCTUARIES—
National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas . India’s first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park now known as Jim Corbett National Park. As of April 2012 there are 112 national parks.
There are over 440 wildlife sanctuaries as per IUCN category IV protected forests in India.Some sanctuaries are specifically bird sanctuaries like Keoladeo National Park before attaining national parks status.
TIGER RESERVES—
BIOSPHERE RESERVES—
There are 48 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.India is home to 70% of tigers in the world.In 2006 there were 1411 tigers which increased to 1706 in 2011 and 2226 in 2014.
The Indian Government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves of India, corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas which protect larger areas of natural habitat and often include one or more national parks or preserves along buffer zones that are open to some economic uses.
ZOOS—
Protection is granted not only to the flora and fauna of the protected region but also to the human communities who inhabit these regions and their ways of life.
India has over 35 zoos governed by the Central Zoo Authority of India which is an associate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums .
Coral Reefs and Mangrove areas are also considered protected areas .
JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK
ZOOSANCTUARIES
INDIAN FOREST ACT ,1927
It is an Act to consolidate the law relating to forests,the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce. Its territorial is whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir and it is enacted by Central Legislative Assembly .The Act was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British .The most famous one was the Indian Forest Act of 1878 .It defines the procedure to be followed for declaring an area to be a Reserved Forest ,a Protected Forest or a Village Forest . It defines what is a forest offence , what are the acts prohibited inside a Reserved Forest ,and penalties leviable on violation of the provisions of the Act .
CONCLUSION
So to conclude its not just government’s duty to look after natural resources like forests but even we as responsible citizens should do something .The need to protect forests arise because of over population and their growing demands so we are responsible for such exploitation . We need to preserve these natural resources as they are our valuables.
PRESENTATION BY-
MAMTA JAIN SHARVARI KELKAR SHREYA PEDNEKAR PRACHI VORA
