what do you mean by biodiversity?mention the merits and demerits of biodiversity
Biodiversity means the various life forms available on Earth. Biodiversity includes genetic, species, and economic system level. There are 5 billion species which are living on earth. The advantages and disadvantages of biodiversity are mentioned below:
Advantages:
- The biodiversity is very helpful to maintain the food web and food chain.
- Biodiversity also includes plants which are helpful for making environment better and also controls temperature.
Disadvantages:
- The more number of animals and plants increases the population and this can cause more consumption of resources and extinction of resources.
- Excess of biodiversity can cause loss of life by one animal attack over another animal or human.