Provisioning Ecosystem Services
Provisioning ecosystem services are those goods that are produced by ecosystems and used by humans. To check on the examples for provisioning ecosystem, services click on the tabs below.
Food
- Fishery and organic (berries, mushrooms, medical herbs, birch juice) products
- Agricultural produces (crops, grains, vegetables)
- Meat and dairy products by livestock breeding
- Honey from beekeeping
Materials (construction, energy, fodder and therapethical use)
- Construction materials like timber, reed, straw, etc.
- Firewood and fuelwood
- Therapeutically used mud and water
- Flowers
- Hay
Fundamental goods
- Fresh and clean air
- Fresh and clean water
Genetic resources
- Seeds, spores, and other plant materials collected for maintaining or establishing a population
- Individual plants used to breed new strains or varieties
- Individual genes extracted from plants for the design and construction of new biological entities
- Animal material collected to maintain or establish a population
- Wild animals (whole organisms) used to breed new strains or varieties
- Individual genes extracted from organisms for the design and construction of new biological entities
