1. Conservation. To ensure the conservation of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic resources. It also encourages traditional resource use.
2. Development. To promote economic development which is culturally, socially and ecologically sustainable.
3. Scientific research, monitoring and education which aims at providing support for research, monitoring, education and information exchange related to local, national and global issues of conservation and development.
Many plant and animal species are on the verge of their extinction because of loss of forest land by indiscriminate use by the humans. As a biology student what method would you suggest along with its advantages that can protect such threatened species from getting extinct?
Name the type of biodiversity represented by the following:
(a) 50,000 different strains of rice in India.
(b) Estuaries and alpine meadows in India.