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Threats to Unique Wildlife Through Indian Habitat Destruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

G.M. Oza
G.M. Oza
Affiliation:
Reader in Botany, Faculty of Science, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda 390 002, India; General Secretary of the Indian Society of Naturalists (INSONA); Founding Editor of Environmental Awareness, Oza Building, Salatwada, Baroda 390 001, India.
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Over the years, the problems facing conservation have changed. The 20th century has been characterized by two pertinent traits—concern for wildlife and the explosive growth of human population—both destined to loom larger and larger as the century progressed. As an example, the soaring demands for food, timber, and housing, have led to the destruction of the natural abode—the forests of Gujarat—of much of the beautiful Indian wildlife.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Summer 1986 , pp. 131 - 136
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1986

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