[Review of Conservation & Biodiversity Issues]

4. Two economic reasons for the conservation of biodiversity include.........

a) new medicines or useful products may be provided by wild species.

b) ecotourism could provide considerable income to local peoples.

c) new crops or livestock may be dicovered from wild species, or domestic animals (often very inbred) may be improved by breeding with related wild species.

 

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