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Man's desire for ultimate joy and comfort has led him to exploit nature's "free' goods to the extent of reducing its natural capacity for self stabilisation. As a consequence of this outright disregard of the impact of these activities on the environment, numerous environmental problems have arisen. Man's capability to transform his environment can bring the benefits of economic development and an opportunity to enhance the quality of life. But this same ...
The living organisms and their non-living (abiotic) environment are in-separably inter-related and interact upon each other. Any unit in which there is interaction between organisms and their physio-chemical environment and between organisms and materials between the two, is called ecosystem. Ecosystem is a dynamic system where the biotic and abiotic components are constantly acting and reacting upon each other bringing forth structural and functional changes. A ...