Anthropogenic Impact on Biodiversity of Rural Hilly Areas: Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) India

Expanding human population resulted into expanding needs of man. With scientific progress and technological development man started utilizing natural resources at a much larger scale. Rapid Industrialization, Urbanization and population explosion have brought changes and fluctuations in the environment, which is a complex of climate, edaphic and biotic factors including man. The growth of human population, over exploitation of resources and ecological unawareness has adverse impact on biodiversity. The present study is aimed to notify effects of exurban developments on threatening the bio-diversity of rural hilly areas around Sirol and Ohadpur villages near new collectorate, Gwalior (M.P.) India. An observation of the mentioned site showed the gradual depletion of natural resources including valuable plant species among which certain species like Abrusprecatorius, With aniasominifera, Indigoferapendula and Aristolochiabracteolata are endangered ones.