Question

How is diversity related to environmental health?

Answer 1

Biodiversity:

1. The existence of a diverse variety of plants, animals and other living organisms is known as biodiversity.
2. Biodiversity is important for environmental health and human welfare.
3. Biodiversity provides food and shelter for all organisms. Diverse group of pollinators, plants and animals are needed for the production of enough food.
4. Plants clean the air.
5. They take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen through cell respiration.
6. Biodiversity enables studies on diverse plants and this enhances the production of various medicines for the treatment of diseases.
7. We can extract many economically important products like gums, wood, paper, cotton, juice etc., from various animals and plants.