UPSC Preparation: Conservation of Biodiversity

Conservation of biodiversity refers to number of actions taken in order to ensure the health of the ecosystems and save all forms of life on Earth. There are many factors which pose as a threat to the biological heritage of the world such as destruction of natural habitats, absence of conservation in ecological planning, global warming, climate change, pollution etc. Issues relating to the environment came to the forefront only four decades ago and since then few environmental laws have come into being but rarely have they been implemented. Therefore, the need of the hour is to take effective measures to mitigate the threats which are harming biodiversity conservation.

 

The actions which are necessary to conserve biodiversity includes the restoration, protection, conservation and enhancement of variety of life in an area so that it grows abundant in the number of species and the distribution leads to continuation of existence and enables adaptation. There are certain types of biodiversity conservation such as: 1) In-situ conservation: Conservation of wild flora and fauna in their habitat 2)Ex-situ conservation: Conservation of endangered species away from their habitat. Do watch the video below to learn more about the importance of conservation of biodiversity. 

In the video titled “EnE: Conservation of Biodiversity 2.5.2 Unacademy UPSC IAS Preparation Roman Saini”, various significant concepts concerning the Loss of Biodiversity have been explored in detail. Dr. Roman discusses the definition of Conservation biology, Conventions catering to Conservation, Chipko movement, major national parks in India, Project Tiger, Most important pointer on how to write an answer in mains on objectives or mandate of a scheme or a project, Biosphere reserve (Core, Buffer and Transition zones), list of 18 Biosphere reserves with their markings on India's map, sacred groves, followed by ex-situ conservation (Zoological parks, botanical gardens, herbarium, Cryopreservation of gametes, seed banks and gene banks.

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