Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ArtsGeographyBiosphere3 Marks
Question
Explain ecological imbalance and its consequences.
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Answer
Naturally biochemical cycles, energy flow arrangements are arranged in a very precise manner.
It also undergoes necessary changes from time to time.
Any living thing lives according to this arrangement of nature.
It does not directly interfere with physical or biological factors.
Man has been able to establish habitation, mining, industries, transport routes in regions where his thinking power can be used.
Thus, direct human intervention in the natural cycles has created the Panama Canal, damaging marine ecosystems.
The construction of a cricket ground in Sharjah has affected the desert's ecosystem.
Human needs are increasing due to population explosion.
Human beings are expanding their residential and industrial areas using the progress made in the field of technology.
As a result, wildlife habitat is lost or their area is reduced or even destroyed.
Deforestation for fuel and timber, hunting wild animals for leather, bone or mass.
Musk deer are killed to get musk, rhinos to get horns and elephants to get ivory.
In addition, many other animals are killed haphazardly for a variety of reasons. This is a sad thing.
In addition, indiscriminate use of grazing lands reduces the diversity and abundance of herbivores and non-herbivorous wildlife.
Each organism has the ability to adapt to a changing environment in general.
But very quickly and unnaturally, that is, because of the rapid changes in man-made environment, wildlife cannot adapt and perish.
The task of conserving life is not just a government job.
Legislation alone will not make this work a success.
For this, if the guidance and encouragement of wildlife and nature lovers congregations are formed from the right place, such congregations will be very useful.
Many such congregation organizations in our country are working for wildlife.
Government as well as non-government help is available in this work.
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