What is Ecosystem services?
'''Ecosystem services''' are processes by which the [[natural environment]] produces [[natural resource|resources]] useful to [[people]], as to economic [[service]]s. They include: * Provision of clean [[water]] and [[air]] * [[Flood]] control * [[Pollination]] of [[agriculture|crops]] * Mitigation of environmental [[natural hazard|hazards]] * Pest and [[disease]] control * [[Carbon sequestration]] * [[Aesthetic]], cultural and [[Ethics|ethical]] values associated with [[biodiversity]]. To look at the way in which [[ecosystem]]s provide [[Good (economics)|goods]] is popular now at [[Stanford University]]. The concept of ecosystem services is similar to that of [[natural capital]]. The ''Millennium Ecosystem Assessment'' released in [[2005]] showed that 60% of ecosystem services are used in a way that destroys them. == References == *[http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/esa.html Ecosystem Services: A Primer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726162725/http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/esa.html |date=2010-07-26 }}, Ecological Society of America (ESA) *The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable ({{ISBN|1-55963-945-8}}), Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison. *[http://ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/static/about.conservation_backgrounder.php Ecosystem Services: Backgrounder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209105324/http://ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/static/about.conservation_backgrounder.php |date=2006-12-09 }}, The Ecosystem Marketplace [[Category:Ecology]] [[Category:Green politics]]