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What is the role of sacred groves in conserving biodiversity?


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Biodiversity:

  1. The variation among life forms from various sources, which include terrestrial, sea, and desert ecosystems, as well as the ecosystems of which they are a part, is referred to as biodiversity.
  2. A sacred grove is any meadow of a tree that is precious to a particular culture.
  3. People do not harm sacred groves due to religious values and calorie foods fear.
  4. They assume that anyone who causes harm to the sacred groves is punished by the ruling God or Goddess.
  5. These religious beliefs aid in the preservation of sacred groves and the diversified species that inhabit them.
  6. The religious significance is attached to the peepal, gular, and bargad trees.

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