Ecosystem services
The benefits people obtain from the functioning of ecosystems, classified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) as provisioning (food, water, timber), regulating (climate, floods, pollination), cultural and supporting services. IPBES now speaks of “nature’s contributions to people”; in France, the EFESE programme carries out their assessment.
See also: Natural capital
Reference source: www.ecologie.gouv.fr
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