Genetic Biodiversity

Species Biodiversity

Ecological Biodiversity

Maintaining the balance of the ecosystem: Helps in balancing the food chain and recycles the nutrition in the ecosystem.

Provision of biological resources: Provides us with food, oxygen, timber, medicinal plants ,etc.

Social benefits: Has cultural value and best for tourism.

Shelter to animals: It also provides shelter to wild animals.

Maintain the climate: Biodiversity limits the climate changes.

Soil formation: It promotes soil formation.

Mass scale destruction for different purposes like construction of roads, houses, industries ,etc.

Increased hunting and poaching rates

Pollution of the environment mainly in the form of:-

1. Air pollution

2. Water pollution

3. Soil pollution

Afforestation

Ban on hunting of endangered species

Checking of the environmental pollutions

Passing of several acts related to the environment and biodiversity, such the Fisheries Act 1897, the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, the Forest Conservation Act 1980, and the Biological Diversity Act 2002.