Describe the consumptive use value of biodiversity as food, drugs and medicines, fuel and fiber with possible examples.
Describe the consumptive use value of biodiversity as food, drugs and medicines, fuel and fiber with possible examples.
The direct use values where the biodiversity products can be harvested and consumed directly are called consumptive use value of biodiversity.
Humans derive countless direct economic benefits from nature-food (cereals, pulses, fruits), firewood, fibre, construction material, industrial products (tannins, lubricants, dyes, resins, perfumes) and products of medicinal importance.
- More than $25$ per cent of the drugs currently sold in the market worldwide are derived from plants and $25,000$ species of plants contribute to the traditional medicines used by native peoples around the world.
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In the following in each set a conservation approach and an example of method of conservation are given
($a$) In situ conservation - Biosphere Reserve
($b$) Ex situ conservation - Sacred groves
($c$) In situ conservation - Seed bank
($d$) Ex situ conservation - Cryopreservation
Select the option with correct match of approach and method
In the following in each set a conservation approach and an example of method of conservation are given
($a$) In situ conservation - Biosphere Reserve
($b$) Ex situ conservation - Sacred groves
($c$) In situ conservation - Seed bank
($d$) Ex situ conservation - Cryopreservation
Select the option with correct match of approach and method
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The wildlife Protection Act was introduced in
The wildlife Protection Act was introduced in
Which of the following is correct match w.r.t. biodiversity rich region?
Which of the following is correct match w.r.t. biodiversity rich region?
Definitions / Explanation: Endemism
Definitions / Explanation: Endemism
Match the columns :
Column - $I$
Column - $II$
$(A)$ Endemism
$(i)$ Khasi and Jaintia hills Maghalaya
$(B)$ Hotspot of India
$(ii)$ Advanced ex-situ conservation.
$(C)$ Sacred groves
$(iii)$ Species found in particular area only.
$(D)$ Cryopreservation
$(iv)$ Zoological park and botanical garden.
$(E)$ Ex-situ conservation
$(v)$ Western ghats.
Match the columns :
| Column - $I$ | Column - $II$ |
| $(A)$ Endemism | $(i)$ Khasi and Jaintia hills Maghalaya |
| $(B)$ Hotspot of India | $(ii)$ Advanced ex-situ conservation. |
| $(C)$ Sacred groves | $(iii)$ Species found in particular area only. |
| $(D)$ Cryopreservation | $(iv)$ Zoological park and botanical garden. |
| $(E)$ Ex-situ conservation | $(v)$ Western ghats. |