Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 122 It is the stock of renewable and nonrenewable resources (e.g. plants animals air water soils minerals) that combine to yield a flow of benefits to people. o It is a way of describing a resource environment habitat or ecosystem (sometimes called a stock) that underpins ecosystem service benefits (sometimes called a flow). o Example a pollinator habitat can be thought of as natural capital as are the pollinating insects themselves. o It is based on the understanding that nature underpins human health wealth culture identity and happiness. A natural capital approach works to illuminate this value and helps decision makers to understand the complex ways in which natural social and economic systems interact impact and depend upon one another. CORAL RESTORATION Why in news? The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) with help from Gujarats forest department is attempting for the first time a process to restore coral reefs using the bio rock technology. A bio rock structure was installed one nautical mile off the Mithapur coast in the Gulf of Kachchh. Coral Reefs Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on the Earth. Ecologically coral reefs are important because they are the counterpart to the tropical rain forest in terms of species diversity and biological productivity in the Ocean. o Coral reef enables the formation of associated ecosystems which allow the formation of essential habitats fisheries and lively hoods Shine india monthly magazine buy.
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