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pick up just a tiny bit of soil and you will discover a whole new world researchers have found that one pinch of soil may contain more than 30000
forests grasslands and wetland protect landscapes against erosion floods and landslides through the binding action of plant roots the root systems of
q explain about climate regulationby giving off moisture through their leaves and providing shade plants help keep us and other animals cool forests
biodiversity maintains the air we breathe and the water we drink green plants purify our air and our water by taking in carbon dioxide regulating
pollinationmany flowering plants rely on animals such as bees butterflies moths wasps beetles birds and bats for pollination to produce fruit thirty
biodiversity provides us with life -sustaining services as discussed below these ecosystem services have a much higher value than most people realize
ivory was much in demand for production of a variety of jewellery and artifacts in the past reptile leather from crocodiles lizards and snakes has
as with food crops the discovery domestication and cultivation of ornamental plants have a long history there is indication that lilies were
a large number of plants are used for bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers several plant species are used as insecticides against aphids and larvae of
in terms of western medicines over 3000 antibiotics - including penicillin and tetracycline - are obtained from micro-organisms another product of
gorgonids yield chemicals like prostaglandins medically useful for birth control prevention of peptic ulcers treatment of asthma regulation of blood
animal products too are widely used in medicines by traditional societies and in some urbanized societies that believe in traditional animal-based
this species is an ornamental tree in china and has yielded the clinically active agents topotecan irinotecan and 9 -aminocamptothecin which are
q explain about podophyllumthese species were long used by indigenous people in americea and asia including for the treatment of skin cancers and
q what is catharanthus roseus pharmaceutical compoundsthis species yielded the alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine traditionally used by various
a large number of important drugs are derived from plants for example tubocuranin derived from plant-based curare is used as a muscle relaxant during
q medicines and drugs - impacts on biodiversitythe world health organization who has listed over 21000 plant names including synonyms that have
raw material for industry - impacts on biodiversitythe industry producing goods and services relies and impacts on biodiversity directly much of the
in many countries of asia biomass contributes l argely as a source of primary energy people in rural areas at the peripheries of forests continue to
q explain genetically modified organismstechniques that use gene modification through a recombinant dna technology and b cellular techniques of
q genetic resources of biodiversitygenetic diversity or the gene pools are important for promoting and ensuring high agricultural yield genetic
domesticated animals provide much of the worlds meat products today but wildlife still constitutes to be an imp ortant source of food of many rural
individual components of biodiversity provide an unbeliev able wide range of products that are used to enhance the lives of people in all countries
biodiversity is multiple resource based offering us a range of products materials and services our survival and well being of man-kind is directly
the methods that can be used for valuing biodiversity are still evolving at the global level but studies have been done on how biodiversity values