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Why should we conserve Biodiversity?

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Reason for conservation biodiversity is grouped into three categories.

  • Narrowly utilitarian.
  • Broadly utilitarian 
  • Ethical 

Narrowly utilitarian: 

  • Human derive countless direct economic benefits from nature- 
  • Food (cereals, pulses, fruits), firewood, fiber, construction material. 
  • Industrial products (tannins, lubricants, dyes, resins, perfumes) 
  • Products of medicinal importance. 
  • Bioprospecting: exploring molecular genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance. 

Broadly Utilitarian 

  • Amazonian forest along produce 20% of oxygen during photosynthesis. 
  • Pollinator layer: bees, bumblebees, birds and bat that pollinate the plant without which seed cannot be produced by plants. 
  • Aesthetic pleasure we get from the biodiversity. 


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