8. What is the role of forests in Rural
economy of Himachal Pradesh?
In Himachal, majority of population lives in
villages and still depends on forests for most
of their daily needs. According to the study
conducted by Dr. Madhu Verma , the direct
consumptive benefits accrued from the forests
of HP in the shape of Salvage, TD, Fuels,
fodder, minor forest produce etc. worth about
Rs. 1083 cores per annum.
9.
10. • The primary law governing matters related to
wildlife in the country is the Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972. The state of Himachal
Pradesh has adopted this Act and its
subsequent amendments as the prime
legislation to manage and guide wildlife
related matters in the state
12. • No Of National Parks 2
• No Of Wildlife Sanctuaries 33
• Recorded Species Of mammals 77
• Recorded Species Of Birds 463
• Recorded Species Of Reptiles 44
• Recorded Species Of Aquatic Fauna 436
• Recorded Species Of Fishes 80
• Area Covered By Reserved Forest 1896
sq.kms.
• Area Covered By Protected Forest 43043
sq.kms.
13. In June, 2014, the great Himalayan
National park was added to the UNESCO
world heritage sites list under the
category of “exceptional natural beauty
and conservation of biological diversity.
Great Himalayan National Park and Pin Valley
National Park, the two major national parks of
Himachal Pradesh
14. • Prominent species found in Himachal are
Snow leopard , Brown bear , Black bear ,
Himalayan ibex , Himalayan tahr , Serow ,
Musk deer , Western tragopan , Monal , Cheer
pheasant etc .
15. • Bio- geographically Himachal Pradesh can be
divided into three distinct regions , the trans
himalayas , the greater himalayas (high and
middle mountains ) and the semi arid zone .
Thses all four zones support very rich wildlife .
16. • Avifauna - About 383 birds species are found .
Of these 324 are terrestrial habitat birds and
remaining 59 are wetland habitat birds
• Mammals- About 74 species of mammals are
found in Himachal Pradesh
17. SNOW LEOPARD
• Belongs to felides family
• Endangered species
• Prefer steep, rugged
terrains with rocky
outcrops.
• Unknown number.
• Clouded leopard.
19. MUSK DEER
•Family- moschidae
•Hilly forested
environments
•Far from human
habitats
•Eats mainly leaves,
flowers,and grasses
•Highly poached and
endangered animals.
•Musk gland is only
found in males
20. HIMALAYAN
BLACK BEAR
•Himalayan brown bear.
•Indian black bear
•Vulnerable species
•Due to deforestation and
active hunting for its body
parts.
•Rare subspecies of asiatic
black bear.
•Necklace of white fur across
its chest
•Aggressive towards humans
•Deadly animal
21. HIMALAYAN
WOLF
•Critically endangered
•Found in cold
environment of
himalayan region.
•Remains in wild and
remote wilderness of
mountains.
•Mainly spotted in
spiti valley of himachal
pradesh.
•Worlds oldest species
of wolves.
22. HIMALAYAN
BLUE SHEEP
•THE BAHRAL
•Is goat-antelope
•Found in high hills
•Member of
bovidae family
•Bluish-grey coat.
•Round backward
curving horns
•Major food for
snow and clouded
leopard.
23. Nature Conservation Foundation, in assisting MoEF, GoI to
develop Project Snow Leopard. These two agencies have also
been collaborating to generate sound scientific knowledge in the
Spiti Valley, one of India’s most important snow leopard
landscapes ey
THE LEOPARD PROJECT
• Snow Leopard Project for Rs 5.15
Crores has been accepted by the
MoEF, GOI commencing from 2010-
11 onwards for a period of four years.
Under this project, a globally unique,
setting up of a field-based snow
leopard research and conservation
facility in the Spiti Valley has been
proposed, to undertake India’s first
comprehensive and long-term radio-
collaring project on snow leopards
and their pr
24. WESTERN TRAGOPAN
• . This species is a habitat specialist,
favouring conifer and oak
communities with sufficient
undergrowth of bamboo and other
dense vegetation
• . With only 2,000-3,000 sq. km area
of potential habitat available, its
world population size is
precariously low, with much fewer
than 5,000 individuals as per the
estimate in early 1980s
The state of Himachal Pradesh is a stronghold for this species as it is
distributed widely in sizable populations in all three major catchments
(Beas, Satluj and Ravi) and also serves ‘flagship’ value on account of
socio-cultural linkages with the traditional people. These attributes
essentially guided the successful declaration of Western tragopan as
'the State Bird’ of Himachal Pradesh.
25. DAMAGE TO CROPS
• HP Forest Department receives representations from various
channels including farmers, panchayats, e-samadhan, District
Grievances Committees etc. that monkeys destroy agricultural
crops and posing substantial threat to life. Human habitations
mainly the urban dwellings are occupied by monkeys as a
consequence of availability of ample left over human food
which is easily accessible resulting into increased interaction
leading to menace in the form of attacks, damage to crops etc.
The farmers are also facing a threat to their livelihood in
agricultural landscapes due to damage being caused to their
crops.
26. • The impact of monkey sterilization
programme in stabilizing the monkey
population is now visible in many pockets of
the Stat. The full impact of sterilization on
monkey population shall be discernible in
future when sterilization of considerable
monkey population shall be achieved at the
current pace of sterilization.
