Ecosystem service
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Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. The interconnected living and non-living components of the natural environment offer benefits such as pollination of cro
An example of an ecosystem service is pollination, here by a honey bee on avocado crop.
Social forestry in Andhra Pradesh, India, providing fuel, soil protection, shade, and even well-being to travelers.
Upland bog in Wales, forming the official source of the River Severn. Healthy bogs sequester carbon, hold back water thereby reducing flood risk, and supply cleaned water better than degraded habitats do.
Detritivores like this dung beetle help to turn animal wastes into organic material that can be reused by primary producers.
Nature-based solutions
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Nature-based solutions describe the development and sustainable use of natural processes and biodiversity to address diverse socio-environmental issues. These issues include climate change mitigation,
Example of a nature-based solution in water resource management: this riparian buffer protects a creek in Iowa, United States, from the impact of adjacent land uses.
Mangroves protect coastlines against erosion (Cape Coral, Florida, United States).
Coastal habitat protection at Morro Strand State Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Schematic presentation of the NBS typology.