NEETBotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation
What is the purpose of ex situ conservation?
Options
- ATo protect threatened animals and plants in special settings
- BTo maintain animals that have become extinct in the wild
- CTo protect sacred groves
- DTo implement in situ conservation
Correct answer
A. To protect threatened animals and plants in special settings
Step-by-step solution
– In this approach , threatened animals and plants are taken out from their natural habitat and placed in special setting where they can be protected and given special care . Zoological parks, botanical gardens and wildlife safari parks serve this purpose. There are many animals that have become extinct in the wild but continue to be maintained in zoological parks. In recent years ex situ conservation has advanced beyond keeping threatened species in enclosures. Now gametes of threatened species can be preserved in