According to a United Nations Environmental Programme –International Water Management Institute report, “An Ecosystems Approach to Water and Food Security”, ecosystem services should be incorporated into food security efforts, as […]

Healthy ecosystems and the services they provide help reduce a community’s risk to natural disaster. Conversely, poorly functioning ecosystems increase this risk, ridding a community of its natural protective barriers. […]

According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystem services are defined as the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, split into four categories of provisioning, supporting, regulating and cultural services. Because they […]