The Importance of Ecosystem Management and Protection.

Recent growth in scientific knowledge has helped humanity comprehend the complex relationships in ecosystems and the devastating effects of human interference. As a result we have become increasingly aware of the need to protect and manage the ecosystems that we do have remaining for their utility, genetic, intrinsic and heritage values and also for the need to allow natural change and thus evolution to take place. Natural ecosystems have provided much that has been of …

…for their flood protection capabilities and for their intrinsic and aesthetic appeal. Natural ecosystems are part of our lives and need to be effectively managed so as to ensure they remain undamaged, and to ensure that any damage done is immediately rectified. Sustainable development, total preservation and the educating of the populace are some of the most effective management policies and need to be enacted to manage and preserve our precious earth and its ecosystems.