Yes sir, environmental protection promotes economic development by fostering resource efficiency, innovation, and resilience. The relationship between environmental protection and economic development is symbiotic:

Overall, environmental protection is integral to sustainable economic development, as it ensures the responsible stewardship of natural resources, fosters innovation, improves public health, and enhances resilience to environmental challenges. By prioritizing environmental sustainability alongside economic growth, societies can achieve long-term prosperity and well-being for current and future generations.

Dr Himanshu Tiwari thank you for your contribution to the discussion

Protecting the environment is more important than economic development because of its negative impact on the environment and human health. However, sustainable economic development is possible if it does not negatively impact the environment. Environmental protection itself contributes to economic growth. The natural environment is central to economic activity and growth, providing the resources we need to produce goods and services, and absorbing and processing unwanted by-products in the form of pollution and waste. Environmental degradation affects not only plants and animals but also people. Environment provides land, water, air, energy resources, coal, oil, forests, minerals and metals and so many other natural resources which are essential for the economic development of the economy.Environmental protection is often seen in conflict with individual freedom and economic growth. The proponents of environmental protection suggest that the environment is a global resource that must be protected for future generations, even at the expense of economic growth and individual freedoms. Both development and environmental protection are essential for the well-being of current and future generations, and finding a balance between the two is crucial for sustainable progress. Rather than pitting one priority against the other, they seek solutions that integrate economic development with environmental conservation. This might involve designing projects that utilize renewable resources, promote energy efficiency, or implement green infrastructure. Achieving economic growth rather than implementing environmental policies is to be preferred because growth is perceived to be able to reach both economic and environmental goals, while environmental policy may actually impede growth. Environment provides resources for development: The natural environment provides essential resources for economic and social development, such as clean water, fertile land, and renewable energy sources. Protecting the environment ensures the continued availability of these resources for future generations. However, this positive trajectory has come at a high cost to the environment and the depletion of natural resources. The limitations of economic growth at the expense of the environment are evident. Sustainable economic prosperity can only be achieved in the long run if it is coupled with ecological sustainability. Environment provides land, water, air, energy resources, coal, oil, forests, minerals and metals and so many other natural resources which are essential for the economic development of the economy. Environmental policy affects growth, both in the long run and in the short run, by affecting the productivity of investment and the savings behavior of consumers. The environment provides necessary inputs to economic production and accumulation processes. The earth's natural resources place limits on economic growth. Protecting the environment is more important than economic development because of its negative impact on the environment and human health. However, sustainable economic development is possible if it does not negatively impact the environment.