Long-term wildlife conservation involves habitat protection, preventing direct threats like hunting, and active management strategies like captive breeding for vulnerable species.
The steps adopted in the long term conservation strategy of wild life is/are (i) Hunting should be strictly prohibited in the nation parks, sanctuaries, biosphere reserves (ii) More national parks and wild life sanctuaries should be established (iii) Captive breeding of wildlife should not be encouraged
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2022 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 and its amendments)
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