AIIMS2006BotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation
Biosphere reserves differ from National Parks and Wildlife sanctuaries because in the former
Options
- Ahuman beings are not allowed to enter
- Bpeople are an integral part of the system
- Cplants are paid greater attention than the animals
- Dliving organisms are brought from all over the world and preserved for posterity.
Correct answer
B. people are an integral part of the system
Step-by-step solution
Biosphere reserves, National Park and wild life sanctuaries are all protected areas but differ from each other in some ways. National parks are reserved for betterment of wild life. Cultivation, grazing forestry and habitat manipulations are not allowed. Sanctuaries are tracts of land with or with out lake where wild life can take refuge without being hunted. Harvesting of timber, collection of forest products, tilling of land, private ownership of land etc., are allowed. Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protect