Question

Which of the following is a broadly utilitarian reason for the conservation of biodiversity?

• A. Human derive direct economic benefit from nature.
• B. Many drugs are derived from plants.
• C. Medicinally useful plants are present in tropical forest.
• D. Many insect pollinates the plants.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The broadly utilitarian argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. Pollination by insects is an ecosystem service, thus is a broadly utilitarian reason. The narrowly utilitarian argument for conservation of biodiversity are obvious, human derive countless economic benefits from nature.