Reason for conservation biodiversity is grouped into three categories.
- Narrowly utilitarian.
- Broadly utilitarian
- Ethical
Narrowly utilitarian:
- Human derive countless direct economic benefits from nature-
- Food (cereals, pulses, fruits), firewood, fiber, construction material.
- Industrial products (tannins, lubricants, dyes, resins, perfumes)
- Products of medicinal importance.
- Bioprospecting: exploring molecular genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance.
Broadly Utilitarian
- Amazonian forest along produce 20% of oxygen during photosynthesis.
- Pollinator layer: bees, bumblebees, birds and bat that pollinate the plant without which seed cannot be produced by plants.
- Aesthetic pleasure we get from the biodiversity.
