Although God created the world for the benefit of humanity, people bear great responsibility for the preservation of the world.

When the Holy One, blessed be He, created Adam the first person, He took him and showed him all the trees of the Garden of Eden, and said to him: See how beautiful and excellent My creations are, and everything that I created, I created for you. Ensure that you do not ruin and destroy My world, because if you ruin it, there is no one else to restore it. (Kohelet Rabba 7)