Publicación: Servicios de Ecosistema: categorías y valoración
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Los servicios ecosistémicos transforman los recursos naturales (suelo, plantas y animales, aire y agua) en cosas que valoramos.
-EJOLT (Justicia Ambiental, Organizaciones, Responsabilidad y Comercio), 2013
“Ecosystem services transform natural assets (soil, plants and animals, air and water) into things that we value.”
-EJOLT (Environmental Justice, Organizations, Liability and Trade), 2013
Water is one of the many resources that are naturally supplied by ecosystems. As it cycles from ocean to atmosphere to precipitation, vegetation, surface runoff, and underground supplies, water sustains the living cover on Earth. It’s one of the many “provisions” supplied for free by Earth, and it’s acted on by “services,” such as cycling and filtering, that are also supplied by Earth’s ecosystems. Looking closely at the graphic, which we will return to later in the module, how many of these natural ecosystem services do you personally benefit from? Are there any that are not relevant to your life?