Discuss how important you think it is to protect ecosystems from human-induced change, such as changes in habitat or introduction of invasive species. should natural conditions be preserved at all costs, should human needs always prevail, or is the answer somewhere in between?

Answer = explanation.

Explanation:

If we think deeply about the matter, animals are way more important than humans and our needs, since nature depends on the relationship animals have with each-other and not on anything humans do. Historically, we were part of nature, but that was when we were still hunting, gathering and reproducing, not making trillions of plastic bags every year.

Natural conditions should be preserved at all costs, in other words, it comes first, and our needs should come last, in a very environmentally conscious society, that is. If we continue putting ourselves and our needs first, future generations will have a really nasty world to live in. But, since humands have their needs, we should maintain them, as long as they're within the "things I need to survive, study and work" range of needs, otherwise, we will be talking about unnecessary stuff.

Hope it helped,

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