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=== Supporting services === | === Supporting services === | ||
These services make it possible for the ecosystems to provide services such as food supply, flood regulation, and water purification. | :These services make it possible for the ecosystems to provide services such as food supply, flood regulation, and water purification. | ||
=== Provisioning services === | === Provisioning services === | ||
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:carbon sequestration and climate regulation | :carbon sequestration and climate regulation | ||
waste decomposition | :waste decomposition | ||
purification of water and air | :purification of water and air | ||
=== Cultural services === | === Cultural services === | ||
:Move, Outdoor sport... | :Move, Outdoor sport... | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 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...