What are the sacred forests and sacred lakes?

Explanation

Sacred Forest.these are forest patches of varying dimensions protected by tribal communities due to religious sanctity accorded to these forest patches. These forests are most indisturbed without any human impact and have been free from all disturbances, though these are frequently surrounded by highly degraded landscapes. In India sacred forests are located in Karnataka, Maharashtra,Kerala, Meghalaya etc. and are serving as refugia for a numner of rare, endangered and endemic taxa. sacred lakes. severl water bnodies have been declared sacred by the people leading to protection of aquatic flora and fauna e.g., Khecheopalri lake in Sikkim.