● The `color{brown}("narrowly utilitarian")` arguments for `color{violet}("conserving biodiversity ")` are obvious; humans derive countless `color{violet}("direct economic")` benefits from `color{violet}("nature.")`
● `color{violet}("Food (cereals, pulses, fruits)")`, `color{violet}("firewood, fibre, construction material, industrial products")` (tannins, lubricants, dyes, resins, perfumes ) and `color{violet}("products of medicinal importance.")`
● More than `color{violet}(25 %)` of the `color{violet}("drugs currently sold")` in the `color{violet}("market worldwide")` are derived from `color{violet}("plants")` and `color{violet}("25,000 species")` of `color{violet}("plants contribute")` to the traditional medicines used by native peoples around the world.
● Nobody knows how many more medicinally useful `color{violet}("plants")` there are in `color{violet}("tropical rain forests waiting")` to be explored.
● With `color{violet}("increasing resources")` put into `color{violet}("‘bioprospecting’")` (exploring molecular, genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance), nations endowed with `color{violet}("rich biodiversity")` can expect to reap enormous
benefits.
● The `color{brown}("narrowly utilitarian")` arguments for `color{violet}("conserving biodiversity ")` are obvious; humans derive countless `color{violet}("direct economic")` benefits from `color{violet}("nature.")`
● `color{violet}("Food (cereals, pulses, fruits)")`, `color{violet}("firewood, fibre, construction material, industrial products")` (tannins, lubricants, dyes, resins, perfumes ) and `color{violet}("products of medicinal importance.")`
● More than `color{violet}(25 %)` of the `color{violet}("drugs currently sold")` in the `color{violet}("market worldwide")` are derived from `color{violet}("plants")` and `color{violet}("25,000 species")` of `color{violet}("plants contribute")` to the traditional medicines used by native peoples around the world.
● Nobody knows how many more medicinally useful `color{violet}("plants")` there are in `color{violet}("tropical rain forests waiting")` to be explored.
● With `color{violet}("increasing resources")` put into `color{violet}("‘bioprospecting’")` (exploring molecular, genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance), nations endowed with `color{violet}("rich biodiversity")` can expect to reap enormous
benefits.