Name Some Conservation Movements Which Have Contributed Towards the Conservation of Flora and Fauna.

Some conservation movements which have contributed towards the conservation of flora and fauna are :

Chipko Movement

The famous Chipko Movement was started in the Himalayas to resist deforestation in several areas. To save indigenous species, it has opted for community afforestation. It has made attempt to revive the traditional conservation methods or develop new methods of ecological farming.

Beej Bachao Andolan

Farmer’s and citizen’s group in Tehri have shown that adequate levels of diversified crop production without the use of synthetic chemicals is possible and are also economically viable.

Joint Forest Management (JFM)

It furnishes a good example for involving local Communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests. The programme has been in formal existence since 1988 when the state of Odisha passed the first resolution for joint forest management. It depends on the formation of local institutions that undertake protection activities mostly omdegraded forest land managed by the forest department. In return, the community members Ire entitled to benefits like non-timber forest produce and share in the timber harvested by successful protection.