. Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction; The importance of biodiversity for ecosystem services. UNEP-WCMC - Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction The range and variety of benefits that people derive from ecosystems have been categorised into: provisioning services - the products (or goods) obtained from ecosystems; regulating services - the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes; cultural and amenity services - the nonmaterial benefits obtained from ecosystems; and supporting services - those necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services. Examples of the various
. Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction; The importance of biodiversity for ecosystem services. UNEP-WCMC - Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction The range and variety of benefits that people derive from ecosystems have been categorised into: provisioning services - the products (or goods) obtained from ecosystems; regulating services - the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes; cultural and amenity services - the nonmaterial benefits obtained from ecosystems; and supporting services - those necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services. Examples of the various categories of ecosystem services, and the diverse linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being are illustrated in Figure 2. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Provisioning FOOD FRESH WATER WOOD AND FIBER FUEL Supporting ⢠NUTRIENT CYCUNQ ⢠SOIL FORMATION â PRIMARY PRODUCTION Regulating CLIMATE BEQUUTION FLOOD REGULATION DISEASE REGUUTION - WATER PURIFICATION Cultural - AESTHETIC SPIRrrUAL EDUCATIONAL . RECREATIONAL LIFE ON EARTH - BIODIVERSITY. CONSTITUENTS OF WELL-BEING ARROW S COLOR Potential for mediation by socioeconomic factors Low ^^H Medium ^â 1 High ARROWS WIDTH Intensity of linkages t»tween ecosystem services and human well-lseing . Weak I ' Medium I 1 Strong Security â PERSONAL SAFfclY < SECURE RESOURCE ACCESS SECURITY FROM DISASTERS i ! 1 ' Basic material for good life AUbUUAlb LIVELIHOODS SUFFICIENT NUTRITIOUS FOOD - SHELTER i â ACCESS TO GOODS 1 : Freedom of choice and action OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL Health STRENGTH FEELING WEa ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR AND WATER VALUES DOING AND BEING ; ! Good social relations SOCIAL COHESION ⢠MUTUAL RESPECT â ABIUTY TO HELP OTHERS Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Figure 2. Classification of ecosystem services, and illustration of the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being. The strength of the linkages and potential for mediation (for example through substitution) dif
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