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  2. Ecosystem service - Wikipedia

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    An example of an ecosystem service is pollination, here by a honey bee on avocado crop. Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from healthy ecosystems. These ecosystems, when functioning well, offer such things as provision of food, natural pollination of crops, clean air and water, decomposition of wastes, or flood ...

  3. Ecological goods and services - Wikipedia

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    Ecological goods and services (EG&S) are the economical benefits (goods and services) arising from the ecological functions of ecosystems. Such benefits accrue to all living organisms, including animals and plants, rather than to humans alone. However, there is a growing recognition of the importance to society that ecological goods and ...

  4. List of supranational environmental agencies - Wikipedia

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    Some are global in nature, while others are regional; they may be multilateral or bilateral in character. Some are responsible for broad areas of environmental policy, regulation, and implementation; others focus on very specific issue areas. This article lists notable supranational environmental agencies, by region.

  5. Glossary of environmental science - Wikipedia

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    regulating services – (sustainability) the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes including, for example, the regulation of climate, water or disease. renewable energy - any source of energy that can be used without depleting its reserves. These sources include sunlight (solar energy) and other sources such as, wind ...

  6. Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    The report identified four major categories of ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. [46] It concludes that human activity is having a significant and escalating impact on the biodiversity of the world ecosystems, reducing both their resilience and biocapacity. The report refers to natural systems as ...

  7. Ecosystem management - Wikipedia

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    Ecosystem management stakeholders fall into the following groups based on their diverse concerns: [3] Stakeholders whose lives are directly tied to the ecosystem (e.g., members of local community) Stakeholders who are not directly impacted, but have an interest in the ecosystem or its ecosystem services (e.g., NGOs, recreational groups)

  8. List of international environmental agreements - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of international environmental agreements. Most of the following agreements are legally binding for countries that have formally ratified them. Some, such as the Kyoto Protocol , differentiate between types of countries and each nation's respective responsibilities under the agreement.

  9. Portal:Ecology - Wikipedia

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    Ecosystems sustain life-supporting functions and provide ecosystem services like biomass production (food, fuel, fiber, and medicine), the regulation of climate, global biogeochemical cycles, water filtration, soil formation, erosion control, flood protection, and many other natural features of scientific, historical, economic, or intrinsic value.