biodiversity 2 Flashcards
the……………………arguments for conserving biodiversity are obvious
narrowly utilitarian
more than………percent of the drugs currently sold in the market worldwide are derived from plants
25
………species of plants contribute to the traditional medicines
25,000
traditional medicines used by ……..peoples around the world.
native
useful plants are in ………….forests waiting to be explored
tropical rain
the………………argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides
broadly utilitarian
amazon forest is estimated to produce through …………..
photosynthesis
…….percent of the total oxygen in the earth atmosphere
20
the ecosystem provides through a ……….. layer
pollinators
the ……….argument for conserving biodiversity relates to millions of plants, animal and microbe species
ethical
……………or…………… is species has intrinsic value even if it may not be current or any economic value to us
philosophically or spiritually
we save the entire forest to save the tiger, this approach is called ………..
situ conservation
in situ conservation faced with the conflict between ………….and ………………..
development and conservation