Which one of the following methods of biodiversity conservation belongs to ex situ conservation?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Wildlife Safari Parks
In ex situ conservation, threatened plants and animals are taken out of their natural habitat and kept in a special setting where they are protected and cared for. Zoological parks, botanical gardens and wildlife safari parks are examples. In in situ conservation the species are protected in their own habitat.
(1) Biosphere Reserves — Incorrect. These are large protected areas in the natural habitat, so they are in situ.
(2) National park — Incorrect. It protects wild species where they live, so it is in situ.
(3) Wildlife Safari Parks — Correct. The animals are kept in a managed park outside their natural habitat, which is ex situ conservation.
(4) Sacred Groves — Incorrect. These are patches of forest protected by local people on religious grounds. The species stay in their natural habitat, so this is in situ.
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