OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -13. “The conservation projects are now focusing on biodiversity rather than on a few of its components.” Explain. Ans. (i) Inclusion of small insects and other animals in planning : Under the new plans, even insects and other smaller species of animals are beginning to find a place in conservation planning.

Detailed explanation-2: -A conservation project helps to prevent the degradation of the forest cover and the quantity of recharge. The difference in the corresponding present values of the two scenarios is the value of the conservation project.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two types of methods are employed to conserve biodiversity. They are-In situ conservation and Ex-situ conservation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two strategies are ex situ and in situ conservation. Article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) provides the following definition of these categories: Ex situ conservation means the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.