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Long walks and jogs in nature for 120 min a week impact effective health and mental
well-being and influence lower cortisol level and blood pressure to relieving stress
and anxiety. Nature also promotes many benefits beyond mental health like a swift
and vigorous response. Providing natural habitat to species under risk reduces caveat
of human survival and bridges disparities between human health and conservation.
There are around 103 national parks in India and the largest national park of India
is Hemis National Park, Jammu and Kashmir; the smallest national park in South
Button Island National Park, Andaman, and the Nicobar Islands; largest wildlife
sanctuary is Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, and smallest wildlife sanctuary is Bor Tiger
Reserve, Maharashtra. Nature also promotes many benefits beyond mental health
like a swift and vigorous response. Providing natural habitat to species under risk
reduces caveat of human survival and bridges disparities between human health
and conservation. Therefore, there is a need for healthy environment which can be
possible with the aid of bioremediation, germplasm conservation through various
cryopreservation techniques and other biotechnological approaches.
14.9 Conclusion
Scientists have been trying hard to discover the root cause of coronavirus infection
for several years. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the urge
further leading to extensive research involved in isolating prophylactic measures.
Soon after the embarkation of the pandemic, a diligent step back is taken by quarantine measures, leading to an increase in the correlation of humans with the environment. The scientific investigations have been conducted to manifest the instrumental
role of humans in safeguarding from diseases. The process of quarantine has also
avant-guarded the subject of quantification of the impact of pandemic-be it considerable drop in air pollution, water pollution, wildlife, or increase in the usage of
plastic. While this pandemic remains a primary concern for public health, efforts
have been put to combat this global issue through countrywide shutdown and selfquarantine steps which reduces the risk of its transmission. The use of traditional
knowledge through Ayurveda. Unani and Siddha have also helped in the timely
recovery of several patients by using home remedies. Also, the successful docking
results of listed medicinal plants and herbs enable a breakthrough of various drugs
and vaccines for the treatment of respiratory conditions and in specific COVID-19.
Traditional Chinese medicine also summarizes the prevailing mechanistic herbs that
have been used anciently to treat various diseases and the influence of nature in
promoting optimum health and vitality to an individual. This indicates how Biodiversity greatly influences an individual’s mental and physical health. Also pandemic
has been a major setback for economic provisions across the globe, in the era of postrecovery, there is fair anticipation to restore the economic setup by the exploitation of
biodiversity. This is birthing the need for the consolidation of environmental policies
and other conventional conservative measures for safeguarding the environment and
biodiversity. The chapter encompasses COVID-19 and various facets of environment
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