7.1 MEANINGS/ DEFINATIONS :
1. Deforestation – The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
2. Biosphere – Part of the earth in which living organisms exist.
3. Species – Populations whose members have common characteristics.
4. Endangered – At risk of extinction.
5. Endemic Species – Species of plants of animals which are found exclusively in a particular area.
6. Ecosystem – A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
7. Sanctuary – Safety from pursuit or from other danger.
8. Migration – The phenomenon of movement of a species from its own habitat to some other.