Question

2. The Government intends to make a resort on the Yamuna floodplains in a particular city.
Environmentalists want to preserve the river basin, whereas the panel constituted by the
Government is in favour of constructing the resort. Implying the argument of ecosystem
services, discuss how an environmentalist can convince the panel consisting of an
economist, a social scientist, and a policymaker on how the floodplains can be more
beneficial to the society and economy of the city than constructing a resort in the area.

Answer 1

Argument that river basin is more beneficial than resort

Explanation:

I argue that river basin is more beneficial than constructing a resort in the area for the following reasons.

• First thing is that you can construct a resort anywhere but you can't shift a river basin to somewhere else.

• River basins are a habitat for a number of species that will be destroyed if you disturb the environment here.

• Agriculture of the area is highly dependent on it, which is providing economic benefit to the country and the people.

• A lot of people are dependent on it for earning their livelihood.