In the food web, herbivores are established to play an important role in maintaining the ecological health of an ecosystem by consuming a sizeable quantity of available vegetation. With the evolution of biodiversity conservation theory, grazing and browsing of herbivores has been generally treated as an unsustainable practice for long-term conservation of wild flora. As a result, livestock grazing has been stopped in the protected areas, especially in the National Parks. However, after the ban on livestock grazing, there seems to be chaos on the continuation of this policy mainly due to (i) violation of rights of local pastoral communities, and (ii) diverse sets of opinion on its impact on natural vegetation. (Correspondence)
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/grassland-ecosystem-and-grazing-policy
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandra-prakash-kala
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grasslands
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grazing-lands
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/protected-area-conservation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
