Presentation on natural vegetationand wildlife
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• Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi and other organisms which grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.[1] Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative.
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• Natural resources are the resources available in a nature
• like air, water, sunlight, soil, minerals, forests, wild life etc.
• Natural resources are of two main types. They are
• renewable and non-renewable natural resources.
• i) Renewable natural resources :-
• Those resources which can be replenished in a short
• period of time like air, water, sunlight, forests etc.
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• All the things we use and consume are obtained from
• natural resources. Due to increase in population,
• industrialization and urbanization the demand for natural
• resources is increasing and their availability is limited . So
• there is a need for proper management of natural resources.
• The proper management of natural resources consists of :-
• i) Judicious use of natural resources and avoiding wastage
• of natural resources.
• ii) Long term planning for the use of natural resources so
• that it last not only for the present but also for future
• generations.
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What is natural vegetation
• Natural Vegetation are plants that would grow in an area in the absence of human influence
• Different types of natural vegetation grow in different climates and soil conditions
• Atlantic Canada has three different vegetation regions:
TundraBoreal and Taiga forestsMixed Forests
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Mixed Forest• P.E.I: gently rolling lowland, but in the
middle of the province is a small hilly section
• Squares of small wooded areas, patches of yellow grain and fields of potatoes blanket the island
• Heavy logging in 1800’s resulted in loss of P.E.I’s thick forests, but woodlands of maples, spruces and white birches thrive once again
• Provincial Tree- Northern Red Oak• Wildflowers bloom from May through
October
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