CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY FOR HUMAN SUSTENANCE

CONSERVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT FOR REASONS OF BOTH PRINCIPLE AND HUMAN SELF INTEREST. BIODIVERSITY MUST BE CONSERVED TO HELP HUMANS ADAPT TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. THE IMPORTANCE ASSIGNED TO CONSERVATION WILL DEPEND ON THE VALUES ASCRIBED TO SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. IN THE PAST TWO DECADES THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEMPORARY PROCESS THAT HAS CREATED THE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH AND THE CONTEMPORARY FACTORS THAT ARE LEADING TO ITS REDUCTION. THE VALUATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE OVERALL EFFECTS OF MORE CHANGES IN HUMAN LIFE . THE GROWING TREND IS TOWARDS RATIONAL USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE BIOSPHERE AND ITS RESOURCES FOR THE  SUSTENANCE OF MANKIND.


THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO COORDINATE WORLDWIDE EFFORTS IN THE RESEARCH OF THE EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY AND ITS GENETIC VALUES. SINCE WE KNOW SO LITTLE AND THE RATE OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS IS SO FAST THAT WE ARE AT A POINT OF LOSING MANY OF THE GENE POOLS MUCH BEFORE THEIR POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN WELFARE IS ESTABLISHED. IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF ALL NATIONS TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY FOR A BETTER FOOD SUPPLY AND FOR FUTURE SUSTENANCE. NO OTHER  DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CAN BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. ALL OVER THE WORLD, HUMAN CULTURE STRESSES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THE LIVING ORGANISMS INHABITIING IT NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT THEY MAY SEEM.

THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE PROTECTION OF GENES, SPECIES AND THEIR NUMBERS IN POPULATION  ALONG WITH ECOSYSTEMS OR HABITATS. THE CONSERVATION  STEPS MUST HAVE A COMPONENT OF USE, WITHOUT WHICH THE CONCERNED HUMAN SOCIETY TENDS TO IGNORE THE GOVERNMENTAL AND SCIENTISTS EFFORTS. THERE MUST BE AN ACTIVE CONCERN OF PARTICIPATION BY THE COMMON MAN TOO. WHEN THE ELEMENT  OF USE COMES, THE NEED OF REGENERATION OF RESOURCE IS NECESSARY OTHERWISE THE RESOURCE WILL SOON EXHAUST. THE LEVEL OF UTILIZATION AND REGENERATION HAS TO BE BALANCED TO A SUITABLE LEVEL. THERE IS ALWAYS A LIMIT TO GROWTH.CONSERVATION STEPS MUST KEEP ON EYE ON THIS LIMIT IS CONCERNED USE AND CONSERVATION BALANCE.