Ecosystem Services and Their Conservation | Pawan U. GAJBE
Ecosystem services are the benefits that society receives from ecosystems. Ecosystems provide provisioning services such as food, timber, forage, fuels, medicines, and raw material. They also provide regulatory services such as purification of water and air, mitigation of floods, pollination of crops, and cultural services that meet recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual needs of people. All of these services depend on ecosystem processes that are known as supporting services. These processes include biogeochemical cycles, production of atmospheric oxygen, primary production and pollination. Conservation of natural ecosystems is essential so that humans can continue to benefit from ecosystem services. This book gives a comprehensive account of the various types of ecosystem services and the measures required for their conservation along with helpful illustrations. This book is a useful resource to undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, biologists, environmentalists and researchers.
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