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FOREST
Tropical Evergreen Fore
Tropical Deciduous Fore
.Thorny Bushes & Shrub
4.Mangrove Forests
5.Montane Forests
Tropical Evergreen Fore
These Forests are restricted to heavy
rainfall areas of the western ghats and
the island groups of Lakshwadeep,
Andaman and Nicobar, upper parts of
Assam & Tamil Nadu coast. They are at
their best in areas having more than
200 cm of rainfall with a short dry
season. The trees reach great heights
up to 60 metres or even above. Since
the region is warm and wet throughout
the year, it has a luxuriant vegetation
of all kinds trees, shrubs and creepers
giving it a multilayered structure. There
is no definite time for trees to shed
their leaves. As such these forests
appear green all the year round.
Some of the commercially important
trees of this forest are ebony,
ANIMALS
In
In these
these forests,
forests, the
the common
common animals
animals are
are rats,
rats, mice,
mice,
rabbits,
rabbits, fox,
fox, wolf,
wolf, tiger,
tiger, lion,
lion, wild
wild ass,
ass, horses
horses and
and
camels.
camels.
Mangrove
Forests
The mangrove tidal forests are
found in the areas of coasts
influenced by tides. Mud and silt
get accumutated on such coasts.
Dense mangroves are the common
varieties with roots of the plants
submerged under water. The deltas
of the Ganga, the Mahanadi, the
Krishana, the Godavari and the
Kaveri are covered by such
vegetation. In the Ganga-
Brahamaputra delta, sundari trees
are found, which provide durable
hard timber. Palm, coconut, keora,
agar, also grow in some parts of
the delta.
ANIMALS
The
The common
common animals
animals found
found in
in these
these forests
forests are
are Kashmir
Kashmir
stag,
stag, spotted
spotted dear,
dear, wild
wild sheep,
sheep, jack
jack rabbit,
rabbit, Tibetan
Tibetan antelope,
antelope,
yak,
yak, snow
snow leopard,
leopard, squirrels,
squirrels, Shaggy
Shaggy horn
horn wild
wild ibex,
ibex, bear
bear
and
and rare
rare red
red panda,
panda, sheep
sheep and
and goats
goats with
with thick
thick hair.
hair.
But why these
forests are
disappearing?
EFORESTATION
Can You Guess
Why?
Poor Forest Management Pollution and acid rain
Erosion Pests
S TAKEN TO SAVE WILD
Fourteen
Fourteen biosphere
biosphere reserves
reserves have
have been
been setset up
up in
in the
the country
country to
to
protect
protect flora
flora and
and fauna.
fauna. Four
Four out
out of
of these,
these, the
the Sunderbans
Sunderbans inin the
the
West
West Bengal,
Bengal, Nanda
Nanda Devi
Devi in
in Uttarakhand,
Uttarakhand, thethe Gulf
Gulf of
of Mannar
Mannar inin
Tamil
Tamil Nadu
Nadu and
and the
the Nilgiris
Nilgiris (Kerala,
(Kerala, Karnataka
Karnataka and
and Tamil
Tamil Nadu)
Nadu)
have
have been
been included
included in
in the
the world
world network
network ofof Biosphere
Biosphere reserves.
reserves.
Financial
Financial and
and technical
technical assistance
assistance is
is provided
provided to
to many
many Botanical
Botanical
Gardens
Gardens byby the
the government
government since
since 1992.
1992.
Project
Project Tiger,
Tiger, Project
Project Rhino,
Rhino, Project
Project Great
Great Indian
Indian Bustard
Bustard and
and many
many
other
other eco
eco developmental
developmental projects
projects have
have been
been introduced.
introduced.
89
89 National
National Parks,
Parks, 490
490 Wildlife
Wildlife sanctuaries
sanctuaries and
and Zoological
Zoological gardens
gardens
are
are set
set up
up to
to take
take
care
care of
of Natural
Natural heritage.
heritage.
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