Discuss the impacts of conflict between infrastructure development and wildlife protection. Also mention Indian efforts so far in wild life protection and what more needs to be done
- January 10, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPS Topics
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Approach:
Introduction: Show how development expansion with limitation of land conflicts with wild life protection.
Body:
1. Show the conflict between infrastructure development and wildlife
- Linear project encroaching wildlife
- Infrastructure crisscrossing wild life’s movement path or corridor
- Man-animal conflict
- Decreased protection for wild life
- Loss of ecosystem
- Disturbs food chain
2. Discuss government steps so far in this direction (laws, schemes etc)
- Wild Life protection Act
- Project Lion
- Project Rhino
- National Park, Sanctuary
- Etc…
3. Suggest measures to establish a balance:
- Community management of wildlife
- Strict regulation of Eco-Sensitive zones, Elephant corridor and protection zones
- EIA
Conclusion:
End on need of fair balance n=between wildlife and development need.