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P-2 Environmental management — Science STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceP-2 Environmental management5 Marks
Question
Explain the statement 'We have got this Earth planet on lease from our future generations and not as ancestral property from our ancestors'.
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Answer

(i) Existence of man is entirely dependent on the existence of ecosystem.
(ii) Man derives his benefits by using various components of the ecosystem.
(iii) We can get these materials easily from the nature as our ancestors protected and conserved them for us.
(iv) Today man has proved his superiority as compared to other animals. He is indiscriminately using the natural resources for personal greed.
(v) Due to this, future generations may not benefit from the nature. They will suffer from pollution, drought, unseasonal rains, green house effect etc.
(vi) Thus, it is our responsibility to preserve, conserve and protect nature so that next generations will get conducive climate and their life may not be in trouble.
(vii) Thus it is rightly said that, we got the planet earth on lease from our future generations and not ancestral property.
(viii) Nature is not our ancestral property but we have to take care of it so that it can be handed over to next generations without any further damage to it.

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