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What is the primary benefit derived from nature that cannot be given a price tag?

Options

  1. APollination
  2. BOxygen production
  3. CAesthetic pleasure
  4. DIntrinsic value

Correct answer

C. Aesthetic pleasure

Step-by-step solution

Can we put an economic value on this service by nature? You can get some idea by finding out how much your neighborhood hospital spends on a cylinder of oxygen. Pollination (without which plants cannot give us fruits or seeds) is another service, ecosystems provide through pollinators layer – bees, bumblebees, birds and bats. What will be the costs of accomplishing pollination without help from natural pollinators? There are other intangible benefits – that we derive from nature–the aesthetic pleasures of walking t

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