પક્ષીઓની ઘટતી જતી સંખ્યા

૧૯૯૫ અને ૨૦૦૦ના વર્ષમાં બ્રિટને ૨૩,૯૩૦ પક્ષીઓની આયાત કરી હતી. બ્રિટન જે દેશોમાંથી પક્ષીઓની આયાત કરે છે તેમાં ભારત, ચીન અને આફ્રિકાના દેશો મુખ્ય છે.

એક અંદાજ પ્રમાણે વિશ્વમાં પક્ષીઓની ૧૨૦૦ કરતાં પણ વધુ પ્રજાતિ છે. દુ:ખદ વાત એ છે કે દિવસે ને દિવસે પક્ષીઓનો શિકાર વધતાં તેમની સંખ્યા પણ ઘટવા માંડી છે. ૧૨૦૦માંથી ૩૦૦ પ્રજાતિઓનો ગેરકાયદેસર વેપાર થાય છે. પક્ષી પાળવાના શોખીનો પણ વિશ્વમાં મોટી સંખ્યામાં છે. તો અન્ય લોકો પક્ષીઓનાં માંસની લજિજત માણે છે.

એમાંય ખાસ કરીને સ્વાદ માટે મરઘી, બતક, મોર, પોપટ અને સારસનો શિકાર વધુ પ્રમાણમાં થાય છે. તો વળી, કેટલાક લોકો અવનવા પ્રયોગ કરવા માટે કે દવા બનાવવા માટે પક્ષીઓનો ઉપયોગ કરે છે. આ બધા કારણોસર દર વર્ષે અસંખ્ય પક્ષીઓનો સંહાર થાય છે.

Saving the most valuable gift of nature

It's a saying that ,"Save Trees & Live Longer".Every day number of trees disappear from the face of the earth.Earth is our home and trees are the decorations which makes our house look more and more sweet.Now How can we save trees?Let's start with us.Try to plant one near your house and the time comes when your little plant is converted in a big tree ,then you can say that,"I OWN A TREE".

In this world where we live in, trees are constantly neglected as forests are cut down to build buildings,man made structures, and other things we need. Here is the way how to help conserve the planet's beloved trees:-

1)Recycle in a smart way. Some good ways to do this are:
Throw paper and card board in a bag separately from cans glass and plastics.
Look for tips on recycling so you know that your efforts will be rewarded with recycled material.
Cut down on and share magazines, return unwanted catalogs to the sender.

2).Try to use both sides of your papers.

3).Try to re-use paper bags.

4).Stop cutting trees and remember to plant more and more trees.

[TIP]:-Give a small tree as a gift to your friend. Small trees make beautiful gifts when going to a dinner,birthday or to a neighbor's house. Just wrap the pot in a nice gift paper. You can also use a pot holder, if the tree is small enough.

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HOW CAN YOU HELP THE TIGER?

Kids like you CAN help tigers! We have a list of suggestions to help you get involved!

Start a Tiger Club in your school.

Visit Tiger Reserves with your family to know more about tiger conservation.

Write a letter. Start a letter writing campaign to help protect tigers.

Learn all you can about tigers, and teach others about the threats to tigers. Teaching people about the dangers tigers face is an important part of bringing about change.

Raise money and make a donation to a tiger conservation organization.

Kids can teach people about the plight of tigers and raise money to help support tiger conservation. Let's look at the following example:

A "kids for tigers" campaign in India has got support of one million children & has entered the Limca Book of Records in November 2000. If you and your friends and classmates get involved in tiger conservation, let us know what your doing - we'd love to hear from you!

Saving the tiger means saving mankind..

Not only is tiger a beautiful animal but it is also the indicator of the forest's health. Saving the tiger means we save the forest since tiger cannot live in places where trees have vanished and in turn secure food and water for all.

If we make sure tigers live, we have to make sure that deer, antelope and all other animals that the tiger eats (its prey base) live. To make sure that these herbivores live, we must make sure that all the trees, grass and other plants that these prey animals need for food are protected. In this way, the whole forest gets saved! Saving the tiger means saving its entire forest kingdom with all the other animals in it.

Also forests catch and help store rainwater and protect soils. In this way we protect our rivers and recharge groundwater sources. Areas with less trees lead to floods, killing people and destroying homes. It takes away the precious soil, leaving behind a wasteland. The soil jams up our lakes and dams, reducing their ability to store water. By destroying the tiger's home, we not only harm tigers, but also ourselves.

The tiger thus becomes the symbol for the protection of all species on our earth since it is at the top of the foodchain. This is why we sometimes call the tiger, an apex predator, an indicator of our ecosystem's health.