Abstract:
The initial conservation efforts have tended to concentrate on higher species of plants and animals, which include angiosperms (flowering plants), gymnosperms and vertebrates like mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. The original approach to wildlife conservation was thus limited to a maximum of only 46,000 vertebrate species (including 25,000 fish species) and to some 286,000 flowering plants, which constitute a minor segment of a total of 1,860,000 presently known animal species (expected to rise to 12,000,000, mainly due to unexplored invertebrates) and 400,000 plant species. The original conservation concept is tantamount to the elimination of four fifth of the total known species, modern conservation strategy has tended to include all forms of life including invertebrate animals, lower plants and decomposing bacteria. Saving all the wild species which constitute our biosphere from extinction by the ever increasing human population and his extra efforts to protect a very few domesticated species of animals and plants and thence rationalizing the exploitation of these wild species, is the aim of the recent wildlife conservation. Such Important factors as maintaining environmental quality, smooth sailing of the ecoship, Commercial exploitation, maintenance of genetic diversity, climate regulation, bioresearch and rapid rate of extinction have been dealt in detail.
Page(s):
10-19
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Science, Technology and Development, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Year: 1987