SECTION-I: EXTINCTION
1.1 EXTINCTION
1.2 EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION
1.3 MASS EXTINCTION
1.4 CO-EXTINCTION
1.5 ACCELERATED EXTINCTION
1.6 PLANNED EXTINCTION
1.7 NATURAL EXTINCTION AND INDUCED EXTINCTION
1.8 CURRENT RATE OF EXTINCTION
1.9 ENDANGERED SPECIES ON EARTH
SECTION-II: BIODIVERSITY
2.1. BIODIVERSITY
2.2. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
HABITAT DESTRUCTION AND FRAGMENTATION
POLLUTION
EXOTIC SPECIES
POACHING
POPULATION EXPLOSION
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENETIC POLLUTION AND HYBRIDIZATION
EXTINCTION OF SPECIES
2.3 BIODIVERSITY STATUS IN INDIA
NATIONAL PARKS
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
TIGER RESERVES
BIOSPHERE RESERVES
ELEPHANT RESERVES
HOTSPOTS
SACRED GROVES
SACRED LAKES
2.4 CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
IN-SITU CONSERVATION
EX-SITU CONSERVATION
2.5 STRATEGIES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
2.6 WILDLIFE CORRIDORS
2.7 SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN INDIA
2.8 VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY