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FORESTS AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. — Social Science STD 10 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceFORESTS AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.2 Marks
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What is a Bio-Reserve$?$
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Answer

Bio Reserves are formed according to International norms for protection of wildlife.
  • Their purpose is to protect the physical and cultural diversity of any region.
  • Besides all vegetation, insects and land of that area, the life style of the peeple living there is also protected.
  • Special arrangements are created for research and training about bio-reserves.
  • In such proclaimed area, all external human movements are totally restricted.
  • The average area of such zone is larger than $5000$ sq kilometers.
  • Nilgiri, Gulf of Mannar, Great Nicobar, Sundarban, Panchmadhi are important bio-reserves of the nation.
  • The Rann of Kutch of Gujarat was declared as a bio-reserve in $2008.$
  • There are $18$ Bio-reserves in India.

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