good afteroon ma'am and everyone present here and today i will be talking about how

this pandemic,covid-19 has helped our

mother nature and how has it affected the street as well as pet animals and will
be ansering a few q that are commonl
human beings often forget that we are largely dependent on Mother Nature and become
ignorant towards taking care of it. We have been so
reluctant to the preservation of natural resources and sustainable development that
we had forgotten the beauty of the Earth completely
but through this pandemic, our mother nature has managed to heal itself.

1.how has covid19 helped our mother nature in india as well as all over the world?
- Travel restrictions and closure of industries have helped reduce the pollution
level as well as noise
pollution.
Naturalists across India, stuck at home, are reporting wildlife sightings in their
backyards. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram videos
show us exciting scenes of wild animals walking down urban streets.
a Nilgai or a blue bull and a bison were spotted walking leisurely on the roads of
new delhi.
Coyotes and foxes are now being spotted across American cities; raccoons were seen
in Panama; wild boars infiltrated Barcelona’s
city centre; a puma was spotted in Santiago, the Chilean capital; and sika deers
explored subway stations in Japan — heaven knows
what they made of it.
I would love to say that somewhere or the other the pandemic is a good
thing that has happened, our mother nature could finally breathe after decades of
abuse to it.

2.how has the ozone layer healed itself?

The largest hole in the Ozone layer spreading over 1 million square kilometres
above the Arctic has closed
due to unusual atmospheric conditions.
the closing of the hole has nothing to do too with the reduction in levels of
pollution amid lockdown. It's because of
the polar vortex, high-altitude currents that are responsible for bringing cold air
to polar regions.
Such holes in the ozone layer are quite common above the Antarctic at the South
Pole especially during July to September but,
the ozone layer hole above the Arctic at this time was unusual.
It is believed that the polar vortex, the high-altitude currents that are
responsible for bringing cold air to the polar regions,
is responsible for the healing of the layer.
The ozone layer works as a protective shield as it prevents Sun's ultraviolet
rays-- which can cause skin cancer-- from entering Earth.
The hole above the arctic circle could have posed severe damage to humans if it has
increased to populated areas.

3.depletion of pollution in india.

The major sectors contributing to air pollution are transport, industries, power
plants, construction
activities, biomass burning, road dust resuspension and residential activities
on March 21 (a day before the Janta Curfew) a total of 54 cities recorded 'good'
and 'satisfactory'
air quality while on March 29 as many as 91 cities recorded minimal pollution.
Newspapers report that the air is so clean you can see the
snow-capped Himalayas from Jalandhar, hundreds of kilometres away — something not
seen in decades.
THE AQI HAS INCREASED GREATLY AFTER THE COVID 19 LOCKDOWN.
4. Imp enviromental changes that we have seen after covid19 lockdown in india
The River Ganges is one of India’s most important rivers. It is also one of the
world’s most polluted
with industrial, sewage, agricultural and tourism waste. However, within four
weeks of the complete shutdown of 1.3 billion in India, reports
started to emerge about how clean the waters of the Ganges had become from the
foothills of the Himalayas through to the Ganges’ mouth by the City
of Kolkata. In some places, the waters had even become drinkable again for the
first time in in Haridwar in two decades.

Tens of thousands of flamingos have gathered in the city of Navi Mumbai. The birds
normally migrate to the area every year, but residents have
reported that this year they have seen a massive increase in their numbers.

Critically endangered, South Asian River Dolphins also known as Ganges Dolphins
have been spotted back in the Ganga river after 30 years.
Due to the reduced pollution in water, the South Asian River Dolphins have been
spotted at various Ganga Ghats of Kolkata.

Around the world, as tourists have retreated from beaches, turtles have been
returning to hatch. Most species of turtles are endangered, with
tourism often disturbing fragile breeding grounds on prime beach locations.
Endangered otters have also returned to lakes in Malaysia

5.Impact of lockdown on street as well as pet animals.

The pandemic lockdown has taken a very big toll on street and pet animals in india.
N number of pets have been let loose alone
on the streets in fear of the transmission of the virus despite WHO stating and
clarifying that animals cannot transmit or catch the covid19
virus to humans. This fear has also lead to people murdering animals in huge
numbers.
The strays have no means of feeding themselves as all offices, restaurants,
roadside eateries (where they had easy accessibility to food)
are closed. the strays have also starved to death because of this lockdown.
A lot of Non profit animal NGOs have taken a step forward in feeding all the strays
in this lockdown.
It is estimated that there are more than 300 pet shops in Delhi, which were to be
registered with the State Animal Welfare Board after the 2019
notification of Pet Shop Rules, but they continued to operate without registering
and during lockdown shut the shops leaving the animals to
die slowly.
Since the lockdown came into force, wild animals, including leopards, tigers and
elephants, have killed as many as 13 people in different
parts of the state
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I would like to end my topic by saying that this covid has been very good as well
as very bad for all the animals in the world.
THANK YOU.