Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Return of a damaged or degraded land to a fully functional ecosystem irrespective of its original state, but in confirmity to a prior land use plan is called rehabilitation.
Reason (R): Rehabilitated ecosystems provide ecosystem services that are required for human society and thus helps in improving the carrying capacity of ecosystems.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct