Ecosystem Services

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  1. 3. The service of formation of soils and soil fertility that sustains crop and livestock production depends on the ecosystem processes of __ and nutrient cycling by soil micro-organisms.
  2. 6. Recreation and nature-based tourism are significant sources of employment and income in most places in the world. Both of the recreational and tourism activities can be classified as __ services.
  3. 9. Agricultural sectors such as crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries can provide both advantages and disadvantages towards the ecosystem services. In agriculture, the negative effects of __.
  4. 11. Climate regulation; disease control and suppression of pathogens; water purification and regulation are the examples of __ services.
  5. 12. The implementation and sustainability of __ in fisheries sectors can improve the function of mangrove as flood protection
  6. 17. Fiber, food, freshwater, fuel wood and other essential resources are the examples of __ services.
  7. 18. The changes ecosystem service also can enhance the __ for safety environment and protection against ecological stresses (such as droughts, floods and pests).
  8. 19. Ecosystem services are determined by the interaction between __ and social systems, because only ecosystem processes that contribute to the fulfillment of human needs are ecosystem services.
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  1. 1. Soil __ is the basis for many ecosystem services that people depend upon such as food and fiber.
  2. 2. Further research on ecosystem services has led to the growth of fields such as environmental __, which investigates natural capital.
  3. 4. The experience of __ is one of the examples of cultural ecosystem services.
  4. 5. Instruments for assessing ecosystem services, including quantification, __ and modeling.
  5. 7. The changes in ecosystem services will contribute to human well-being by providing basic material necessities (such as __ and building materials.
  6. 8. In the case of coastal and estuarine ecosystems, regulating services include climate regulation, waste treatment and disease control and natural __ regulation.
  7. 10. There are four ecosystem services including provisioning services, regulating services, __ services and cultural services.
  8. 13. The consequences of human impact for biodiversity and ecosystem service delivery vary both qualitatively and __ depending on system properties and land-use intensities.
  9. 14. __ may lead to increases in plant diversity as a consequence of increased habitat heterogeneity, but due to habitat fragmentation negatively affect species that rely on large habitats.
  10. 15. __ services can be defined as the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain, and fulfill human life.
  11. 16. Landscape __ can reduce the natural pollination.
  12. 20. Supporting services are the services that allow for the other ecosystem services to be present abd have __ impacts on humans that last over a long period of time.