Biodiversity Conservation: Present Scenario and Future Prospects

Biodiversity, the variety of life forms in an area, safeguards against environmental disasters like forest fires and floods. Its conservation ensures sustainable benefits for present and future generations, crucial for food, clean water, medicines, and climate resilience. Threats like land use change, climate change, and pollution accelerate biodiversity loss. Food production, medicines, and urban ecosystems depend on biodiversity for resilience and sustainability. Humans can protect biodiversity by rational resource use and minimizing environmental degradation. With extinction rates rising, biodiversity conservation is pivotal, particularly in biodiverse nations like India, intertwined with rich cultural heritage. Ultimately, biodiversity sustains Earth's ecological balance and is indispensable for all life forms.