Conservation of Biological Diversity in India
Ramesh Kumar Ahirwar, *Manoj Kumar Singh, **Ishwar Chandra Parna and **Niraj Kumar Shrivastava
Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Pushprajgarh - 484881 (India) *Department of Botany, Govt. Tulsi P.G. College Anuppur - 484224 (India) ** Department of Botany, Govt. P.G. College Shahdol - 484001 (India)
ABSTRACT
Owing to unique geographical position and wide variety of biological diversity, India is considered as one of the top twelve megadiversity countries of the world today. Out of eighteen biodiversity hot spots in the world, two areas lie in India, namely the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas. However, India’s exploding population and its needs in terms of human settlements, agricultural and industrial development has put tremendous consumption pattern that has led to an indiscriminate resource use and caused extensive environmental degradation. Thus, there appears to be direct correlation between total energy consumption (industrial and traditional) by human beings and loss of biodiversity.