noun phrase · academic
ecosystem services
UK/ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm ˈsɜːvɪsɪz/US/ˈiːkoʊˌsɪstəm ˈsɝːvɪsɪz/EC·o·sys·tem SER·vices
Benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as pollination, water purification and flood control.
Examples
“Pollination is one of the most important ecosystem services for agriculture.”
“Protecting wetlands preserves ecosystem services like water filtration.”
“Economists try to value ecosystem services to show nature’s economic importance.”
Band 8 sentence
“Recognising ecosystem services in policy-making can help balance economic development with environmental protection.”
Collocations
- provide ecosystem services
- value ecosystem services
- ecosystem services such as pollination
Word family
Common mistakes
ecosystem service→ecosystem services
service of ecosystem→ecosystem services
Say it for a higher band
5benefits from nature→6ecosystem functions→7+ecosystem services
Synonyms
ecological services
Easily confused
ecosystem functions
“Ecosystem functions like nutrient cycling underlie the ecosystem services we rely on.”
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