Unite 11. Protection of environment, biosphere and biodiversity Read the text and answer the questions The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights Article 17: Protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity Due regard is to be given to the interaction between human beings and other forms of life, to the importance of appropriate access and utilization of biological and genetic resources, to respect for traditional knowledge and to the role of human beings in the protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity. Bioethics is a discipline that covers the ethical legal, social and cultural dimensions of life sciences and the technologies which are associated with them . It is concerned with the moral relevance of human intervention in relation to life.In its broadest sense it is concerned with all life forms: plants, animals including humans, and the diverse ecosystems The inescapable fact is that the introduction of new technologies necessary for development brings with it irreversible social, ecological and health consequences which under certain circumstances can be harmful. They must be prevented and mitigated if we are to avoid disaster of the kind most developing and developed countries are facing today. The Declaration was based on the recognition that the future of humanity will be radically based on technology, and the twenty-first century will be the age of biology.The growing power of biosciences has already provided us with tools and technologies to diagnose, prevent and treat a variety of human diseases. It holds immense potential for solving the persistent predicaments of humanity - poverty, hunger, malnutrition, environmenta degradation, shortage of fresh water, insufficient land on which to grow food, diseases without any known cure and unabated risks of global It is the wide scope and all-pervasive nature of the applications of the biosciences, including biotechnology that hold immense potential for dealing with these curses of humanity. At the same time these advances have empowered us to change the very nature of our species if scientists were authorized to pursue their work unconcerned with ethical and moral concerns. While utilizing the current and future advances in bioscience for the benefit of human beings, Article 17 would remind us that, even when we promote human rights, the protection of the whole ecosystem, the biosphere and its biodiversity should not be forgotten. This would ensure their ethical application and at the same time enhance human values. Q1. How can we explain the meaning of bioethics on the context of this article? Q 2. How can the article be applied?