Describe the important of biodiversity.

Economical Value

● Biodiversity provides us with food, fuel, fodder, timber and raw materials. We get different varieties of food, grains, paddy, fruits, and vegetables due to biodiversity.

● Biodiversity is used to increase production of agriculture to fulfill the requirements of increasing population along with the development of anti-disease and insect resistant crops

For example, oryzanivara, a forest paddy species cultivated in eastern UP had developed resistant power to disease

Medicinal value

● According to an estimate, approximately 40% of medicines are obtained from plants.

● Many incurable diseases over the time, have been cured through biodiversity

● Treatment of malignant malaria fever was found in the bark of cinchona plant

● Today the cure of epidemic disease AIDS is only possible through biodiversity, basil, Brahmins, Ashwagandha, aspharagus.

Environmental value

(i) Conservation of food chain

● Extinction Of any one species can disturb the food chain

● rich biodiversity will cause more food chains to interconnect, forming a food web

(ii) Nutritional cycle control

● The micro diversity present in the soil will decompose the dead parts of plants, and animals recycle the nutrients again to the plants. The nutrient cycle is maintained this way

(iii) Disposal of environmental pollution

● Some vegetation have the property to decompose and absorb the pollutants.

● For example, catharanthus roseus named plant has the property to decompose trintrotoluene, a fatal explosive

● Other examples are pseudomonas putida, arthrobacter viscosus and citrobacter have the capacity to remove heavy from the industrial wastes.

Sociology cultural spiritual value

● Even today there are some tribes, which are completely dependent on the environment to fulfill their needs.

● Some plants like Ficus religiosa, Banyan, mango, basil, Amla, banana even today have an important place in our culture, and they are worshipped on many occasions.

● Animals like cow, peacock, swan, rats, and elephants have an important place in our culture.

● There are still many forests, which are referred to as 'dev van' and people make efforts to conserve them.