ECOPOTENTIAL: Improving Future Ecosystem Benefits through Earth Observations

Ecosystem Services

Overall question for this section: What are the needs of PA managers for monitoring ecosystem services?

1.12 Ecosystem Services Card for the PA: Which ecosystem services are important?

7. How important are the following ecosystem services to the beneficiaries of the PA? (Relative to the other ecosystem services, on a scale from 1 (least important) to 5 (most important) ?=unknown) Ecosystem service 1 2 3 4 5 ? #

Agriculture, meat Agriculture , grain

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Fisheries

Farmed sea food Genetic resources

Timber

Wild land meat

Wild non meat food products (e.g. berries, mushrooms, kelp)

Fresh water

Energy production (e.g. hydropower, wind farms)

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Provisioning services

Carbon sequestration and storage Erosion prevention (coastal or inland) Lifecycle and habitat protection

Pollination

Pest and disease control

Water treatment Flood prevention

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Regulating services

Spiritual significance

Recreation Education

Aesthetic qualities

Research

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Cultural services

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Other

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