In-situ conservation

Finally, a wilderness area serves a dual purpose of providing a protection for the natural region as well as providing recreational opportunities for patrons (excluding motorized transport) [3] A national park is an area dedicated for the conservation of wildlife along with its environment.

[7] One benefit of in situ conservation is that it maintains recovering populations in the environment where they have developed their distinctive properties.

The species gets adjusted to the natural disasters like drought, floods, forest fires and this method is very cheap and convenient.

The population size must be sufficient to enable the necessary genetic diversity to survive, so that it has a good chance of continuing to adapt and evolve over time.

This reserve size can be calculated for target species by examining the population density in naturally occurring situations.

Such methodologies link the positive output of scientific research with farmers' experience and field work.

There are 18 biosphere reserves in India, including Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand, Nokrek in Meghalaya, Manas National Park in Assam and Sundarban in West Bengal.

India has set up its first gene sanctuary in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya for wild relatives of citrus.

Community reserves were established as a type of protected area in India in the Wildlife Protection Amendment Act 2002, to provide legal support to community or privately owned reserves which cannot be designated as national park or wildlife sanctuary.

Sacred groves are tracts of forest set aside where all the trees and wildlife within are venerated and given total protection.

In these regions, nature reserves actively compete with human development projects to support a growing demand for infrastructure.