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Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural environment and from properly-functioning ecosystems. | |||
== Denfinition == | == Denfinition == | ||
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Supporting services | :Supporting services | ||
Provisioning services | :These services make it possible for the ecosystems to provide services such as food supply, flood regulation, and water purification. | ||
Provisioning services | |||
Cultural services | :Provisioning services | ||
:Food, Materials, Water, Energy... | |||
:Provisioning services | |||
:carbon sequestration and climate regulation | |||
waste decomposition | |||
purification of water and air | |||
:Cultural services | |||
:Move, Outdoor sport... | |||
Revision as of 22:41, 8 May 2018
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural environment and from properly-functioning ecosystems.
Denfinition
Per the 2006 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), ecosystem services are "the benefits people obtain from ecosystems".
Four categories
- Supporting services
- These services make it possible for the ecosystems to provide services such as food supply, flood regulation, and water purification.
- Provisioning services
- Food, Materials, Water, Energy...
- Provisioning services
- carbon sequestration and climate regulation
waste decomposition purification of water and air
- Cultural services
- Move, Outdoor sport...