14. Leveraging nature's contribution to people for conservation

Question 1

how are ecosystem services classified

Answer 1

supporting : nutrient cycling and soil formation

provisioning: food, freshwater, fuel, wood

regulating : climate regulation, food regulation

cultural : aesthetic , spiritual

Question 2

example of provisioning service

Answer 2

growing food

crop for fooed
exploitation on oceans for food (aquaculture)

hunting food, crucial part of indigenous diet

Question 3

example of provisioning service

Answer 3

growing fibred

wool, wood

Question 4

example of provisioning service

Answer 4

givign water

irrigation

hydroelectricity

Question 5

example of provisioning service

Answer 5

biochemical and genetic provisioning

nature gives candidates for experiment

Yew: for cancer treating
naked mole rat: model organism, eusocial
echinacea flowers : antiviral properties

Question 6

example of regulating service

Answer 6

pollination

honey bees importsny, artifically abundant due to stocking

stalking bees next to canola fields, more honey and pollination

Question 7

IPBES value of pollinators (quality of life )

Answer 7

pollinators proovide crops for healthy diets

honey and stuff like that support livelihoods

Question 8

example of regulating service

Answer 8

pest control

avian insectivores help eat bothering insects

spiders eat crop pests, eat their eggs

rain beetle against crop eaters
bat species

Question 9

how do regulating services support ecosystems

Answer 9

climate regulation
soil and water protection
disease regulation
trees are a great host

Question 10

regulating services in Alberta

Answer 10

grassland turned into cropland
less regulating services

prairie pothole wetlands that help with algae formation, CO2 storage and water storage. they are made of chunks of ice left behind by glaciers

Question 11

cultural services example

Answer 11

spiritual
religious
recreation
ecotourism

Question 12

nature’s contribution to human health

Answer 12

less anxiety
less stress
more happu
less tired
less obseity
better cognitive and physical health

Question 13

what did the oolder ecosystem service framwork not have

Answer 13

option value
phylogenetic diversity and species survival prob

Question 14

how can we value these services to support conservation

Answer 14

• direct public payments
• private companies pay for services
• tax incentives
• sustainability important

Question 15

direct payment for ecosystem example

Answer 15

agri-environmetal schemes
pay farmers to leave land out of production