(a) the details of endangered flora identified and those out of them facing extinction;
(b) whether illegal trade of such flora is taking place; and
(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken/proposed to be taken in
this regard?
(a) the details of endangered flora identified and those out of them facing extinction;
(b) whether illegal trade of such flora is taking place; and
(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken/proposed to be taken in
this regard?
MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRI A.RAJA)
(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.
99 DUE FOR REPLY ON 05.03.2007 REGARDING PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED FLORA BY
SHRI VIJOY KRISHNA
(a) to (c) There are 155 endangered species in the country. Similarly about 120
plant species are known to have already gone extinct in India. These endangered
and extinct plant species are mostly distributed/ recorded in the hotspot areas of
Western Ghats, Himalayas and Andaman-Nicobar Islands. Many of the endangered plants
are feared to be on the verge of exitiction. However, the exact degree/extent of
extinction threat faced by the critically endangered plants is not known.