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