Consider why laws requiring ecosystem restoration are needed as part of the response to threats from planetary change for ecosystem functionality. How can such laws assist with reviving the Earth’s capacity to support life?

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Answer ONE of the following:
EITHER:
1. ‘Laws which require that sites of particular ecological importance should be identified and made subject to
legal protection are essential but not sufficient for arresting global ecological deterioration’.
Discuss this statement.
OR:
2. Consider why laws requiring ecosystem restoration are needed as part of the response to threats from
planetary change for ecosystem functionality. How can such laws assist with reviving the Earth’s capacity to
support life? Support you answer with examples of relevant laws.