Which of the following given statements are correct?
(i) Biodiversity should be conserve for narrowly utilitarian, broadly utilitarian and ethical reasons.
(ii) The narrowly utilitarian arguments for conserving biodiversity are direct economic benefits from nature.
(iii) The broadly utilitarian argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides.
(iv) By ex situ conservation we conserve and protect the whole ecosystem and its biodiversity at all levels.
(v) By in situ conservation endangered or threatened animals or plants are save from extinction as urgent measures.
(vi) ‘Biodiversity hotspots’ is a regions with very high levels of species richness and high degree of endemism.
(vii) These hotspot – Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Bruma and Himalaya cover our country’s exceptionally high biodiversity regions.
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Statement (i): Biodiversity conservation is categorized into narrowly utilitarian (direct economic benefits), broadly utilitarian (ecosystem services), and ethical (intrinsic value of species) reasons.
Statement (ii): Narrowly utilitarian arguments focus on direct economic benefits humans derive from nature, such as food, firewood, fiber, and medicinal products.
Statement (iii): Broadly utilitarian arguments emphasize that biodiversity plays a major role in ecosystem services provided by nature, such as oxygen production, pollination, and climate regulation.
Statement (vi): Biodiversity hotspots are regions defined by exceptionally high levels of species richness and a high degree of endemism (species found nowhere else).
Statement (vii): The identified hotspots covering India's high biodiversity regions include the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Burma, and the Himalaya.
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