Which of the following are related to the narrowly utilitarian arguments for conserving biodiversity?

a. Ecosystem services

b. Bioprospecting

c. Moral duty to conserve biodiversity

d.The pleasure of watching flowers

e. Medicinal plants

f. Oxygen release from trees

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b, d and e

b and e

a, b and c

d, e and f

answer is C.

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The narrowly utilitarian arguments for conserving biodiversity is related to 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.

The broadly utilitarian argument is related to ecosystem services such as pollination, oxygen release from plants and the aesthetic pleasure we derive from nature (e.g., watching flowers, listening to birds’ song).

The ethical argument speaks about or moral responsibility to care for their well-being and pass on our biological legacy in good order to future generations.

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