Name- Abhinav Tushar

Roll no.-BTECH/10659/20
Section- H (Mechanical)

‘’Humankind needs to act quickly to ensure that the ancient pact between flowers and pollinators stays
intact, to safeguard our food supply and to protect our environment for generations to come. These
efforts will ensure that bees continue to provide pollination and that our diets remain rich in the fruits and
vegetables we now take for granted.’’
--- Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis van Engelsdorp, Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees, Scientific American, April 2009

The theme for World Environment Day that is going to be observed on 5th June, 2021 is
"Ecosystem Restoration" and will see the launch of the UN decade on Ecosystem
Restoration.
Write an article in 200 words on ‘’The Importance of Ecosystem and Biodiversity for
sustainable development for our societies.’’

The word "ecosystem" is short for ecological system and consists of many different organisms such as
plants, animals, soil, water and microorganisms living together and relying on each other for existence.
The Earth is made up of millions of individual ecosystems, from small ecosystems such as a small forest
pond to large ecosystems such as the Arctic tundra.
All of the Earth's plants and animals rely on ecosystems to provide food and habitat. Ecosystems must
maintain a delicate balance in order to stay vital. For example, a deer living in the meadow ecosystem
needs water to drink, vegetation to eat and shrubs and bracken to sleep and hide in.

Humans also rely on ecosystems to provide food and natural resources. For example, the wood used to
create lumber for building and pulp for paper comes from the Earth's many forest ecosystems. When
natural resources are harvested out of an ecosystem, it can disrupt the delicate balance if not done in a
responsible way. According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment sponsored by the United
Nations, 60% of the ecosystems on Earth are being used up faster than they can replenish themselves.

The ecosystems of the Earth can be protected through responsible use. Heavily cultivated lands planted
in single crops can be replaced with diverse cropping systems that help maintain soil productivity and
prevent erosion. As homeowners, humans can plant native species that provide food and shelter to
animals. These native species tend to grow with less supplemental water and little need for fertilization,
which both conserves and protects our water sources. As consumers, humans can buy sustainably grown
goods, use fewer disposable products and
purchase products with minimal packaging or recyclable packaging. Each act of conservation in our
homes, yards and workplaces reduces the stress on our ecosystems and helps maintain the necessary
balance to maintain them.

Biodiversity is the amount of variety of life on Earth. It is the number of different species of plants,
animals, and microorganisms. It includes organisms from Earth’s vastly different ecosystems, including
deserts, rainforests, coral reefs, grasslands, tundra, and polar ice caps. The number of species of plants,
animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems
on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth.

Biodiversity boosts ecosystem productivity where each species, no matter how small, all have an
important role to play. For example, a larger number of plant species means a greater variety of crops,
greater species diversity ensures natural sustainability for all life forms, healthy ecosystems can better
withstand and recover from a variety of disasters. While there might be survival of the fittest within a
given species, each species depends on the services provided by other species to ensure survival. It is a
type of cooperation based on mutual survival and is often what a balanced ecosystem refers to. Many
people may support environmental causes to help preserve the beauty of Nature. However, that is in a
strange way, not really a justifiable excuse as it is a subjective, human view. For many decades, various
environmentalists, biologists and other scientists, have viewed the entire earth as a massive living
organism or system due to the interdependent nature of all species within it.
Some cultures have recognized this kind of inter-relationship for a very long time. While there are
disagreements and differences on how this works, it suggests that ecological balance and biodiversity
are crucial for all organisms of earth, not just humans.

While development is today’s reality and no country

can be exempted from it. Therefore, we must look for
sustainable development. The aim of sustainable
development is to balance our economic,
environmental and social needs, allowing prosperity
for now and future generations. Sustainable
development consists of a long-term, integrated
approach to developing and achieving a healthy
community by jointly addressing economic,
environmental, and social issues, whilst avoiding the
over consumption of key natural resources.
The aim of sustainable development is to balance our economic, environmental and social needs,
allowing prosperity for now and future generations. Sustainable development consists of a long-term,
integrated approach to developing and achieving a healthy community by jointly addressing economic,
environmental, and social issues, whilst avoiding the over consumption of key natural resources.
Sustainable development encourages us to conserve and enhance our resource base, by gradually
changing the ways in which we develop and use technologies. Countries must be allowed to meet their
basic needs of employment, food, energy, water and sanitation.

If this is to be done in a sustainable manner, then there is a definite need for a sustainable level of
population. Economic growth should be supported and developing nations should be allowed a growth
of equal quality to the developed nations. Therefore we must look forward towards this way of
development along with conserving our ecosystem and biodiversity.