Those are best known and easiest to measure. It's what natures provides us.

• Water

  • Drinking Water

  • Irrigation Water

• Food

  • Fruits

  • Vegetables

  • Meat

  • Dairy

  • Fish

  • Shellfish

  • Spices

• Raw Materials

  • Timber

  • Bamboo

  • Fibers (e.g. cotton or flax)

  • Rubber

  • Resins

  • Natural Dyes

• Genetic Resources

  • Materials for crop diversity & livestock diversity

  • Home to unique plants and animals adapted to extreme conditions, offering genetic traits valuable for biotechnolgoy and medicine

• Medicinal Resources

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Botanicals

  • Traditional Medicines

• Energy

  • Biomass Fuel

  • Hydropower

  • Biofuels

Those services are keeping different risks & dangers for us in check and are imporant building blocks to maintain an equilibrium on different levels.

• Air Quality Regulation

  • Filtration of Pollutants by Plants

• Climate Regulation

  • Global climate regulation by gases and albedo, local temperature & precipitation regulation

  • Carbon Storage: Storing carboin in the soil or biomass, contributing to climate regulation

  • Carbon Sequestration: The process of filling up carbon storage

• Weather Regulation

  • Influence of local and regional rainfall patterns through evapotranspiration

• Water Regulation

  • The timing and magnitude of runoff, flooding and acquifer recharge

  • Regulation of hydrological systems by storing precipitation and slowly releasing it, thereby maintaining water flows and quality

• Water Purification & Waste Treatment

  • Filtration and detoxification by wetlands or forests

  • Filtration of pollutants fromw ater though the action of plant roots and soil organisms

• Disease Regulation

  • Control of human, animal and plant diseases through natural predator and prey relationships

• Pest Regulation

  • Control of crop and livestock pests and diseases

• Natural Hazard Regulation

  • Mitigation of natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes and erosion leading to landslides

  • Flood mitigation: Acting as sponges to absorb excess rainfall, reducing flood risks.

This category includes all benefits we draw from ecosystems that influence our culture, our value and improve our well being.

• Cultural Diversity

  • Opportunities for cultural, intellectual and spiritual enhancement

• Recreational Experiences

  • Enables activties such as hiking, camping, bird watching, fishing or hunting

• Tourism

  • Ecotourism and recreational tourism attractions

• Aesthetic appreciation

  • Enjoyment of natue for beauty, form and balance

• Inspiration

  • For culture, art, design and innovation

• Spiritual Experience and Sense of Place

  • Including religious significance and natural heritage

• Educational Value

  • Nature as a classroom that offers learning and cognitive development

• Cultural (Heritage) Values

  • Archaeological sites, historic landscapes and preserved areas

  • Provide inspiration, recreational opportunities and spiritual significance to many cultures

These are servics that benefit servics in other categories.

• Nutrient Cycling

  • Redistribution and conversion of nutrients into soil production

  • Contribution to the nutrient dynamics within water

• Soil Formation & Fertility

  • Soil genesis, composting organic matter & sediment transport

  • Support in creating and holding soil, preventing erosion and maintaining soil fertility

• Pollination

  • Benefits from bees, bats, birds and other animals that pollinate plants

• Primary production

  • The production of biomass from sunlight (photosynthesis) or chemicals (chemosynthesis)

• Oxygen Production

  • You know, the stuff we breathe, produced via photosynthesis

• Habitat Provision

  • Providing breeding, nursery and rearing grounds and habitats supporting diverse species

• Biodiversity Maintenance

  • The maintenance of of genetic, species and ecosystem diversity