ASSIGNMENT ON

PROTECTED AREA OR IN SITU AND EX SITU

CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN INDIA

Submitted to:- Submitted by:-

Miss Navjeet kaur Jatinder kaur
Subject name:-EVS Roll no. 1811100003
(ENVIRONMENTAL
Class- B.voc (RM) sem 4th
STUDIES)
 Biodiversity
Introduction:- Biodiversity, the diversity of life on Earth, is essential to the healthy functioning
of ecosystems. Habitat loss and overexploitation, driven by our rapid population growth, are the
primary causes of biodiversity loss which is now happening up to ten thousand times faster than
for millions of years before.
Definition:-
"We are in a bottleneck of overpopulation and wasteful consumption that could push half of
Earth’s species to extinction in this century."
– E.O. Wilson

Biodiversity of Protected Areas in India

Protected areas are those in which human occupation or at least the exploitation of resources is
limited. India has 733 Protected Areas which include National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries,
Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves. We aim to provide authenticated information
on species inventories of each PA depending on availability.
Some protected areas of biodiversity in india:-

S. Protected Area PA Status

No.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
1 Campbell Bay NP National Park
2 Galathea Bay NP National Park
3 Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park
NP

Puducherry
552 Oussudu WLS Wildlife Sanctuary

Punjab
553 Abohar WLS Wildlife Sanctuary
554 Bir Aishvan WLS Wildlife Sanctuary
561 Harike Lake WLS Wildlife Sanctuary
562 Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Wildlife Sanctuary
563 Kathlaur Kushlian WLS Wildlife Sanctuary
 Rajasthan
569 Mukundra Hills NP National Park
570 Desert NP National Park
571 Keoladeo Ghana NP National Park
572 Ranthambhore NP National Park
573 Sariska NP National Park
574 Bandh Baratha WLS Wildlife Sanctuary

Madhya Pradesh
404 Bandhavgarh NP National Park
405 Fossil NP National Park
406 Indira Priyadarshini Pench NP National Park

Maharashtra
438 Chandoli NP National Park
439 Gugamal NP National Park
440 Nawegaon NP National Park
441 Pench (Jawaharlal Nehru) NP National Park
442 Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) NP National Park

Conservations of Biodiversity: In-Situ Conservation and Ex-Situ Conservation!

Conservation is the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and natural
resources such as forests and water. Through the conservation of biodiversity and the survival of
many species and habitats which are threatened due to human activities can be ensured. There is
an urgent need, not only to manage and conserve the biotic wealth, but also restore the degraded
ecosystems.

Types of Conservation:

Conservation can broadly be divided into two types:

1. In-situ conservation

2. Ex-situ conservation
In-situ Conservation:
In-situ conservation is on site conservation or the conservation of genetic resources in natural
populations of plant or animal species, such as forest genetic resources in natural populations of
tree species.

It is the process of protecting an endangered plant or animal species in its natural habitat, either
by protecting or cleaning up the habitat itself, or by defending the species from predators.

Ex-Situ Conservation:
Ex-situ conservation is the preservation of components of biological diversity outside their
natural habitats. This involves conservation of genetic resources, as well as wild and cultivated
or species, and draws on a diverse body of techniques and facilities. Such strategies include
establishment of botanical gardens, zoos, conservation strands and gene, pollen seed, seedling,
tissue culture and DNA banks.