Ecosystem Services
The term is used to describe the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems.
Ecosystem Services
The documentation of the relationships among ecosystems, people, and economic units.
Ecosystem Accounting
True or False: Biodiversity is not considered an ecosystem service in itself.
TRUE
Refers to the long-term removal and storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide, typically in plants, soils, geological formations, or oceans.
Carbon sequestration
Doing things right.
Efficiency
A regulating ecosystem service which help maintain stable temperature and rainfall patterns.
Climate regulation
Includes all resources that we easily recognize and measure, like minerals, energy, timber, agricultural land, fisheries and water.
Natural capital
An ecosystem type that includes rivers, streams, lakes, and artificial fresh water.
Freshwater
Refers to stored carbon in vegetation, soil, and biomass.
Carbon stock
The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result.
Effectiveness
Bees and other insects that transfer pollen provide which regulating service?
Pollination.
It is the international statistical standard for Natural Capital Accounting.
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
It is a hierarchical typology for organizing data on ecosystem condition characteristics.
Ecosystem Condition Typology (ECT)
Indicates if an ecosystem is a carbon sink or source.
Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance
A direct or indirect benefit to individuals or firms resulting from the production or consumption activities of others but not accounted for by the producer/consumer.
Positive externalities
This refers to the variety of different species within a given area.
Species diversity
Are contiguous spaces of a specific ecosystem type characterized by a distinct set of biotic and abiotic components and their interactions.
Ecosystem Assets
Are ecosystem services in which the user of the service is an economic unit – i.e., business, government, or household
Final ecosystem services.
True or False: NVDI stands for Naturalized Difference Vegetation Index.
FALSE. The correct answer is Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
It is a systematic process for evaluating decisions by comparing the total expected costs of each option with the total expected benefits to determine the most profitable or beneficial choice.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
This ecosystem service essential for the production of other ecosystem services.
Supporting services
Is the quality of an ecosystem measured in terms of its abiotic and biotic characteristics.
Ecosystem condition
It is a geometrical construct representing a small spatial area.
Basic Spatial Unit (BSU)
It refers to the economic damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon emissions and reflects its long-term impact on the environment, health, and economy.
Social Cost of Carbon (SCC)
Refers to the least cost way of achieving objective.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis