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Briefly outline the importance of wildlife.

      

Briefly outline the importance of wildlife.

  

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Martin
- Creates jobs for many people who work in game parks, game reserves ,
and tourist hotels.

- Leads to economic growth of the areas they are found.

- Promotes development of local industries e.g. stone and wood curving
which are mainly bought by tourists.

- Wildlife is an important national heritage.

- Earns the country foreign exchange from tourists who visit the country.

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Outline the Significance of Wildlife in Kenya.

a) Tourist attraction which brings foreign exchange and revenue for the government by paying entry fee to the national parks and reserves.

b) Wildlife conservation has led to proper utilization of marginal areas of marginal areas where crop growing is difficult due to unreliable rainfall.

c) Creates employment for people raising their standards of living e.g. game rangers, tourist guides and drivers and workers in tourist hotels.

d) Wildlife preservation helps to preserve and protect water catchment areas and soil and also modifies the climate resulting in increased rainfall.

e) A source of food e.g. animals meet and honey from bees.

f) Wild plants such as Muarobaini are used as a source of medicine.

g) It has led to development of industries by providing raw materials e.g. trees provide timber used in the building and construction industry.

h) It has led to development of infrastructure when good roads are built to make Game Parks more accessible to tourists.

i) It has diversified the economic base of East African countries instead of relying on agriculture as a major source of revenue.
marto answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 05:35


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