Ecosystem services Flashcards

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ecosystem services

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benefits people get from ecosystems (food/water/spiritual)

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2
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natural capital

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natural resources (soil/fossils)

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3
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natures contribution to people

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deals with all contributions not just positive, doesnt focus on monetary value, involves indigenous value

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4
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wetland example

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where water covers soil, services include flood resilience/biodiversity

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5
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woodlands example

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group of trees in a forest, services include carbon storage/biodiversity

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6
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urban trees example

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trees in urban areas, services include oxygen production/carbon storage

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7
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grasslands example

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area of grass, services include grazing for animals/wild food/medicine

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8
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monetary value

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can be useful to put value on nature and help sell ideas about conservation/poicies but gov tries to put value on it

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9
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natural flood management

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flooding increasing in uk due to climate change, using leaky dams can help prevent

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10
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ecosystem change, biodiversity

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decline in biodiversity, need to address biodiversity or future generations wont benefit from ecosytem services

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11
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REDD+

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pays countries to keep ecosystems intact/store carbon/not to deforest but pandemic hit and value of stored carbon decreased, where does the money go? and trees/forests arent always store of carbon (fires/droughts), measuring carbon storage can be hard as you need to measure every tree

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12
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positives of REDD+

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article 6 recently signed at cop26 allows one country to pay another to offset carbon

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