From the US Climate Resilience Toolkit, background on Ecosystem Vulnerability.
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Nature's benefits or ecosystem services depend on a healthy environment. Investing in nature will help to secure these benefits for future generations.
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Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth’s ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.” —Jim Fowler Ecosystem services are the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human well-being. As we often mention ecosystem services in our publications and presentations, we wanted to have a description of this important concept readily accessible on our site. The details below are a direct…
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Healthy, diverse native plant communities deliver a variety of invaluable ecosystem services. The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment defined Ecosystem Services as “the benefits people derive from ecosystems (such as clean water, food, forest products, flood control, and natural resources).” Despite an estimated value of $125 trillion, these assets are not adequately accounted for in political and economic policy, which leads to ...
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The safest and most sensible strategy to combat climate change consists of two parts. The first is to make the transition from carbon-based to carbon-free energy. Second, we should restore and protect the natural ecosystems that store carbon and provide fringe benefits that include water savings, flood protection, wildlife habitat, food security and many other services.
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They provide us with many important services.
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In our service economy we create value together. Integrating ecosystem services can create more value. Services differ from products when it comes to value creation. Unique to services is that val…
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Preserving ecosystem services through adaptive soil management — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
By: Hannah E. Birgé and Becca A. Bevans University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
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A city without ecosystem services is neither attractive nor alive. Creating, protecting and developing ecosystem services in urban areas can reduce ecological footprints while enhancing resilience and improving health and quality of life. By incorporating green spaces with plants and water courses, we can establish urban ecosystem services. Green-blue structures, the ground they rest on, and the animals, birds and insects that live there will provide us with the ecosystem services we need…
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