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- What are Ecosystem Services? - Why are they important?
Ecosystem Services
Communicating the importance of nature
Nature’s Benefits
What does the environment do for me?
Food, raw materials
Wellbeing, heritage
Reducing harm
Understanding the links between people and the environment
Using Ecosystem Services in Management
Understand the environment in terms of what it provides for people
Determine the value of the environment
Compare this to the value of proposed developments
• 500 jobs• £500,000 annually
Cruise ships
vs
Maerl beds
• Important habitat
Underwater habitats in the Biosphere ReserveHabitat Service Benefit
Nursery habitat
Food chain
Burial
