Question

Most of our biodiversity is being lost to human activities. Suggest few ways to protect them.

Answer 1

Some of the ways to protect biodiversity are:

• By restoration of habitat: The habitat of a community or area can be restored by bringing back the plants naturally present there.
• Conserving forest areas as natural wildlife reserves and bringing back and conserving the animal species that were present there naturally can also help save the biodiversity of an area.
• Breeding animals in captivity and storing plant seeds in seed banks can also help preserve plant an animal species.
• Reduce, reuse and recycle: Reducing the consumption of natural resources and the burning of fossil fuels etc. Also reducing waste and recycling those that can be reused.