Junior science refresher

Junior science refresher

Junior science refresher Published this article page no 142  Cheetah is a keystone species of dry forests scrub forests and savannahs. o Keystone species are those which have an extremely high impact on a particular ecosystem relative to its population. o It has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance  It was officially declared extinct in India in 1952.  It is one of the oldest of the big cat species with ancestors that can be traced back more than five million years to the Miocene era.  It is also the worlds fastest land mammal.  Problems like humanwildlife conflict loss of habitat and loss of prey and illegal trafficking have decimated their numbers. o The advent of climate change and growing human populations have only made these problems worse.  IUCN status African Cheetah Vulnerable and Asiatic Cheetah – Critically endangered (surviving only in Iran). African Cheetah vs Asiatic Cheetah  Asiatic cheetah is much stronger and faster than African cheetah while on the other hand people believe the African cheetah are the fastest.  Asiatic Cheetah (around 5070) is only found in Iran while African Cheetah is found in wild in Africa. Compensatory Afforestation (CA) process in India  The Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 provide that whenever a forest land is to be diverted for nonforestry purposes like mining or infrastructure development the equivalent non forest land has to be identified for compensatory afforestation and funds for raising compensatory afforestation are to be imposed.  The government enacted Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 to provide a proper institutional mechanism for compensatory afforestation matters.  The project proponent identifies land for CA and also pays the current economic value of the diverted forest land Net Present Value. This money which is transferred to the forest department gets collected in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Junior science refresher buy. 

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