Why did the numbers of tiger and black buck decrease?

Short/Brief Note

The number of Black buck and Tigers have decreased due to excessive hunting, deforestation and habitat degradation.
Tigers are also facing problems of prey depletion since the number of deers and other herbivores are decreasing due to the disappearance of forests.

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Chapter 22: Conservation of Plants and Animals - Exercises [Page 275]

Chapter 22 Conservation of Plants and Animals
Exercises | Q VII. 3. | Page 275

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:

Kings/British officials engaged in shikar

Attempt any TWO of the following:

Define ‘deforestation’. Comment on its effects

With the help of the questions below, explain what would happen if forests are cleared on a large scale.

Will the living things look for shelters elsewhere or stay on? Why?

Deforestation means ______.

Deforestation leads to ______ in rainfall.

Deforestation does not lead to

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:

Shifting cultivators

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:

Plantation owners

Draw a figure showing two animals, two birds and a few trees as a part of a forest.

Chipko movement is connected with: