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In situ conservation
Concepts tested here
- Sacred groves
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2012 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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Sacred groves are specially useful inSacred groves are tracts of forest set aside on religious and cultural grounds, in which all the trees and wildlife are venerated and given total protection.
Examples are found in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, the Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan, the Western Ghat regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and the Sarguja, Chanda and Bastar areas of Madhya Pradesh.
In Meghalaya the sacred groves are the last refuges for a large number of rare and threatened plants.
They are therefore a form of in situ conservation; awareness, soil protection and water flow are only incidental benefits.
Hence sacred groves are specially useful in conserving rare and threatened species.