Authors
Mukesh Gupta
Abstract
Forest biodiversity is defined as all life forms that are found in forested areas and ecological roles are played by them. The maintenance of biodiversity is very important for controlling the ecosystem and environment. In some term, this biodiversity provides market values to the society because biodiversity has a direct relation with the productivity as the biodiversity increase, there is also increase in the productivity. But now, the biodiversity is being lost because of large population. Large population has the large need such as land area for living, agriculture areas and industrial areas etc. due to which deforestation occur. And many species of plants and animals have been extinct from the earth. This paper shows the relation between forest and its biodiversity. It also explains the role of Government in maintaining the biodiversity of forest. Keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Market Values, Deforestation
Introduction
The diversity between and within the species is known as biodiversity which is related to the ecosystem services production. A wide variety of goods and services that are provided by the forest and agroforest ecosystems supported by the biodiversity. Other than these, the prevention of soil erosion, pest control, pollination, clean water, food, and climate change mitigation, control of disease vectors, and local ecosystem resilience and stability are also controlled by the biodiversity.
In general, forest biodiversity is defined as all forms of life that is found in the forests including plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms. The role of these life in the nature is also included in the forest biodiversity. Approximately 50% known vertebrates are contained by the tropical forests. This tropical forest region contains 60% plant species, and 90% world’s total species. Tropical forests supports at least 2/3 of the world’s biodiversity.
Need of Biological Diversity
Biodiversity is considered as the base of the ecosystem services by which the life support system of the human is established. In 2005, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) divided the ecosystem services into four categories which are as follows:
1. Provisioning Services: In which food, fresh water, wood, medicines and fibers are covered.
2. Regulating Services: That deal with the disease control, climate regulation, water purification, and flood regulation and erosion control.
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