In the film "Green Gold" you learned about how ecosystems can be restored. It is estimated that more than a quarter of the land on earth is degraded; some of it turning into deserts. Obviously, this means a loss of the ecosystem. But it also means that this land no longer has any value for humans. In this film you learn how land can be brought back to life, allowing ecosystems to return, and making the land valuable again in terms of the ecosystem-services that nature can provide.

Ecosystem-services are services provided for free by nature, such as fertile soil, clean water, plant pollination. The narrator of the film John Liu, often suggests that we ruin these services because they are free - we take and take until the resource is destroyed.

In your opinion, what could be done to prevent this abuse of all the free resources and services that nature provides. Give a concrete example using an ecosystem-service and a way you think this service can be protected for future generations.

Write at least 250 words in response and be sure to answer each part of the question/assignment.

While you are free to make use of online resources, the case that you make and your writing must be your own. Passing off plagiarized or AI writing as your own will result in failure.