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 …

of Ecosystem services (ES) into EIA is an example of this new procedures, since they mirror the functioning of ecosystems …

Total Economic Value of ecosystem services are presented, as well as their importance in the process of public policy …