Question
The broadly utilitarian argument for the services provided by biodiversity. Describe.
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Answer
→ The broadly utilitarian argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides.
→ The fast dwindling Amazon forest is estimated to produce, through photosynthesis, 20 per cent of the total oxygen in the earth's atmosphere.
→ Some idea by finding out how much your neighborhood hospital spends on a cylinder of oxygen.
→ Pollination (without which plants cannot give us fruits or seeds) is another service, ecosystems provide through pollinators layer - bees , bumblebees , birds and bats.
→ There are other intangible benefits that we derive from nature-the aesthetic pleasures of walking through thick woods, watching spring flowers in full bloom or waking up to a bulbul's song in the morning.
→ We have a moral duty to care for their well- being and pass on our biological legacy in good order to future generations.
→ The fast dwindling Amazon forest is estimated to produce, through photosynthesis, 20 per cent of the total oxygen in the earth's atmosphere.
→ Some idea by finding out how much your neighborhood hospital spends on a cylinder of oxygen.
→ Pollination (without which plants cannot give us fruits or seeds) is another service, ecosystems provide through pollinators layer - bees , bumblebees , birds and bats.
→ There are other intangible benefits that we derive from nature-the aesthetic pleasures of walking through thick woods, watching spring flowers in full bloom or waking up to a bulbul's song in the morning.
→ We have a moral duty to care for their well- being and pass on our biological legacy in good order to future generations.
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