own sake. Humans depend on natural systems to produce a wide variety of ecosystem goods and services, ranging from direct … use of certain species for food or medicines to ecosystem functions that provide water purification, nutrient retention or … species existence value, the value of bioprospecting and the value of ecosystem services. …

ecosystems that people obtain in the literature became referred as ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are seen as an … intermediate link between the processes and phenomena in the environment and human well-being. The main groups of the ecosystem … the regulation of ecosystem processes), cultural services (intangible benefits that people obtain from ecosystems) and …