Sacred Groves:-
Sacred groves are the secret patches around places of worship. They are of a great religious value among tribal communities.
In such cases nature is protected by prevailling religious and cultural traditions. Here tracts of forests are set a side and all plants and animals are venerated and provided with complete protection.
Example of sacred groves are Kashi and Jaintia hills in Meghalaya, Aravali Hills in Rajasthan, westen Ghat regions of Karnataka, Maharastra and Sarguja (MP), Chanda and Batsar areas of M.P., Kaimul in Bihar, Rajgir and Brabar Hills in Bihar regions Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. In Sikkim, Khecheo palri lake is decleared sacred by peope, thus protecting the aquatic flora and fauna.
Role in conservatino:- Many rare and threatened plants have bun protected in sacredgroves of Meghalaya. Such areas have been found to be most undistrubed and they are usually surrounded bymost degraded lands capes.
