Discuss the role of healthy ecosystem services as a pre-requisite for a wide range of economic, environmental and aesthetic goods and services.

Assertion: Healthy ecosystems are the base for a wide range of economic, environmental and aesthetic goods and services.

Biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides . This is related to which reason for conservation of biodiversity ?

Which of the following is an economic system in which capital goods are owned by private individuals or businesses and the production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market?

Mention four significant services that a healthy forest ecosystem provide. OR Substantiate with help of one example that in an ecosystem mutualists (i) tend to coevolve and (ii) are also one of the major causes of biodiversity loss.

Assertion : Broadly utilitarian arguments say that we should conserve biodiversity because biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. Reason : Expolration of molecular, genetic and species level diversity to obtain the products of economic importance is include under broadly utilitarian category.

Assertion : The broadly utilitarian argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. ltBrgt Reason : The narrowly utilitarian arguments for conserving biodiversity are obvious because human derive countless direct economic benefits from nature.

Grahak Shakti', an N.G.O. organized a workshop to discuss various issues relating to consumers. During the discussion, one of the members drew attention towards exploitation of consumers due to defective and unsafe products, adulteration, black marketing, hoarding etc. To this another member argued that consumers themselves are responsible as they do not raise collective voice against the exploitation. The Chairperson of the organization was of the opinion that it was also the duty of the businessman to take care of the interest of various stakeholders. Business organizations earn money by selling goods and services to consumers. So the interests of the stakeholders have to be well taken care of. State three points that highlight the need for consumer protection as discussed in 'Grahak Shakti's workshop.