NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which has indirect economic value?
A
ecosystems that decompose wastes
B
organisms that provide food and shelter
C
plants that contain medicinal substances
D
species that have desirable genetic traits
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indirect use value: derives from services provided by the ecosystem. This might, for example, include the removal of nutrients, providing cleaner water to those downstream, the prevention of downstream flooding and diseases and provision of information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Services like as pollination by bees and vegetation management for oxygen and water cycles are examples of indirect values. Q.

Detailed explanation-3: -Regulating Services A regulating service is the benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena. Regulating services include pollination, decomposition, water purification, erosion and flood control, and carbon storage and climate regulation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indirect values would include ethical or moral value, existence value, ecological value, aesthetic value, cultural or spiritual value, option value and scientific or educational value. Social value of biodiversity lies in the more and more use of resources by affluent societies.

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