Question

What is biodiversity? What are the components of biodiversity? Why do we need to preserve biodiversity (give three reasons and argument your choices)?

Answer 1

Biodiversity can be defined as the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat,

The components of biodiversity are

  1.Genetic diversity

2.Species diversity

3.Ecosystem diversity

Their are many reasons to preserve biodiversity, listed are three of them down below

1. Continuation of evolutionary processes

2. Biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean air and water etc.

3. Economic : biodiversity provides humans with raw materials for consumption and production. livelihood of farmers, fishermen etc depend upon biodiversity.