Question

Describe the advantages for keeping the ecosystems healthy

Answer 1

The various advantages of keeping the ecosystems healthy are as follows:

• Healthy ecosystem is the base for a wide range of economic, environmental and aesthetic goods and services.
• The products of ecosystem processes are named as ecosystem services, as they are of great help to the organisms living within an ecosystem.
• Healthy forest ecosystem purify air and water.
• It also mitigates droughts and floods and cycle nutrients.
• Healthy ecosystem generates fertile soil and provides wildlife habitat.
• Maintenance of biodiversity is also an important aspect of healthy ecosystem.
• It also provides aesthetic, cultural and spiritual values.