Ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting

What this note covers

1. What an ecosystem service actually is
2. Provisioning services: resources taken directly from the system
3. Regulating services: the ecosystem working in the background
4. Cultural services: value that is not eaten, drunk or sold
5. Supporting services: the foundation underneath the other three
6. Worked example: sorting a wetland scenario under exam conditions
7. How this is examined and what separates a top response

7 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes