Ecosystem Services
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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
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...