Give the Introduction of natural vegetation and wildlife of West Bengal?

Answer 1

Natural vegetation and wildlife exist only in the narrow zone of contact between

the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that we callbio sphere. In the

biosphere living beings are inter-related and interdependent on each other for

survival. This life supporting system is known as theecosystem. Vegetation

and wildlife are valuable resources. Plants provide us with timber, give shelter

to animals, produce oxygen we breathe, protects soils so essential for growing

crops, act as shelter belts, help in

storage of underground water, give us fruits, nuts, latex, turpentine oil, gum,

medicinal

plants and also the paper that is so essential for your studies. There are

innumerable uses of plants and you can add some more.

Wildlife includes animals, birds, insects as well as the aquatic life forms. They

provide us milk, meat, hides and wool. Insects like bees provide us honey, help

in pollination of flowers and have an important role to play as decomposers in

the ecosystem. The birds feed on insects and act as decomposers as well.

Vulture due to its ability to feed on dead livestock is a scavenger and

considered a vital cleanser of the environment. So animals big or small, all are

integral to maintaining balance in the ecosystem.