![]() ![]() A human being would have to spend three trillion dollars to pollinate manually. They are called ecosystem services and unlike the services we pay for, we do not value the services freely provided by our ecosystem.Īlmost 80 percent of the food we consume is pollinated by honey bees and other insects and their service is valued at around three trillion dollars. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, - all of these are a result of the various free services we obtain from our natural environment. The foundation of humanity's survival is based on the health of our surrounding environment. ![]() They are all working towards various Sustainable Development Goals as prescribed by the UN. Editor's Note: As COP26 looms, we are sharing articles authored by Indian youth leaders who have been selected as part of the United Nations India's We The Change campaign. ![]()
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