Ecosystem Services and Human Well being + Citation Flashcards
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What are the sectors within the ecosystem services?
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- Provisising Services
- Regulating Services
- Cultural Services
- Supporting Services
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What does the diagram show?
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- It is a conceptual framework that illustrates the relationship between the natural environment and the well-being of human societies
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005
2
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What are Provisioning services?
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- Products that are obtained from the like ecosystem like food, water, timber etc
3
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What are regulating Services?
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- Processes that control importation conditions and processes like climate regulation, water purification, flood regulation etc
4
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What are cultural services?
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- Non-material benefits such as recreation, spiritual + aesthetic values and cultural identity
5
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What are supporting Services?
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- Necessary for all production of all other ecosystem services including nutrient cycling, soil formation and photosynthesis.
6
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What are the sectors within Human well-being?
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- Basic material for good life
- Health
- Security
- Good social relations
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What does it mean by Basic material for a good life?
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- Ecnompassess essential goods and services directly necessary for survival and good quality of life
- E.g. Aquate livelihoods, Food, SHleer access to goods etc
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What are the factors within health?
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- Ecosystem services play a crucial role in supporting human health.
- Contribute to providing clean air, feeling well, and offering medicinal plants that influence human well-being.
9
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What are the factors within Good social relations?
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- Ecosystems contribute to social well-being by providing spaces for recreation, cultural and spiritual values and landscapes that foster community identity and cohesion
10
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What are the factors within Security?
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- Provides stability in environmental conditions
- Personal safety, secure resource access, security from disaster etc
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