Consider the following statements regarding Conservation Reserves: The...
Conservation Reserves:
• Conservation Reserves are protected areas involving private or community land particularly the areas adjacent to National Parks and sanctuaries.
• These reserves are aimed at protecting landscapes, habitats and wildlife outside protected areas where there is a critical need to supplement conservation efforts.
• Private or community landowners voluntarily come forward to declare their lands as Conservation Reserves.
• Conservation Reserves are declared under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
• The Central Government constitutes a conservation reserve management committee to advise on matters related to conserving the conservation reserve.
• The committee includes representatives from the state government, local bodies, NGOs, and wildlife experts.
• The committee is responsible for monitoring the activities in the conservation reserve, preparing management plans, and recommending measures for the conservation of wildlife and their habitats.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 'A' as both the statements given in the question are not correct. Only statement 1 is correct.
Consider the following statements regarding Conservation Reserves: The...
- Conservation Reserve and Community Reserves are the outcome of Amendments to the Wildlife protection act in 2003.
- The State Government may, after having consultations with the local communities, declare any area owned by the Government particularly the areas adjacent to National Parks and sanctuaries and those areas which link one protected area with another, as a conservation reserve for protecting landscapes, seascapes, flora and fauna and their habitat. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
- The State Government may declare any private or community land not comprised within a National Park, sanctuary or a conservation reserve, as a community reserve, for protecting fauna, flora and traditional or cultural conservation values and practices.
- The State Government (not Central Government) shall constitute a conservation reserve management committee to advise the Chief Wild Life Warden to conserve, manage and maintain the conservation reserve. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
- The committee shall consist of a representative of the forest or Wild Life Department, who shall be the Member-Secretary of the Committee, one representative of each Village Panchayat in whose jurisdiction the reserve is located, three representatives of non-governmental organisations working in the field of wildlife conservation and one representative each from the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
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