{"id":28553,"date":"2024-12-08T02:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T20:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28553"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:45:40","slug":"sacred-groves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sacred-groves\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Sacred Groves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What Are Sacred Groves?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sacred Groves<\/strong> are <strong>small patches of forests<\/strong> or natural vegetation that are <strong>protected by local communities<\/strong> due to their <strong>religious and cultural significance<\/strong>. These areas are often dedicated to local deities and serve as both ecological sanctuaries and sites of spiritual reverence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They act as <strong>repositories of biodiversity<\/strong>, sheltering rare plant and animal species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hunting and deforestation<\/strong> are usually prohibited, while sustainable activities such as <strong>honey collection<\/strong> or gathering <strong>deadwood<\/strong> are permitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sacred Groves in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sacred groves are scattered across India but are particularly found in regions like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Western Ghats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Himalayas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>northeastern hill tracts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Central India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Regional Names for Sacred Groves<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sarna<\/strong> in Bihar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dev Van<\/strong> in Himachal Pradesh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Devarakadu<\/strong> in Karnataka<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kavu<\/strong> or <strong>Sarpa Kavu<\/strong> in Kerala<\/li>\n<li><strong>Devrai<\/strong> or <strong>Deorai<\/strong> in Maharashtra<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Kyntang<\/strong> or <strong>Asong Khosi<\/strong> in Meghalaya<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oran<\/strong> in Rajasthan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples of Success<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Piplantri Village, Rajasthan<\/strong>: Known for planting <strong>111 trees<\/strong> for every girl child born. This initiative has enhanced local income, reduced female foeticide, and empowered women\u2019s self-help groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1.What is an ecosystem?<\/h3>\n<p>An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microbes) interacting with each other and their physical environment (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, and atmosphere). It is a functional unit of interrelated components, where the living and non-living elements interact and exchange materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/formulate-policy-to-manage-sacred-groves-supreme-court-tells-centre\/article68999363.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Formulate policy to manage sacred groves, Supreme Court tells Centre &#8211; The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacred Groves are patches of natural or near-natural vegetation, dedicated by local communities to their ancestral spirits or deities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}