¿Qué son los servicios ecosistémicos y por qué son vitales para el ser humano? | ACCIONA

Summary

Ecosystem services are the benefits people receive from the balanced functioning of nature. These services support life and are grouped into four types:

• Provisioning services: Products obtained directly from ecosystems, such as food, water, and firewood.
• Regulating services: Natural processes that benefit people, including pollination, climate regulation, and the water cycle.
• Cultural services: Ways nature enriches human life through inspiration, natural heritage, traditional knowledge, and customs.
• Supporting services: Processes that enable other ecosystem services, such as organisms working together to fertilize soil and make food production possible.

The video uses soil and forests to show how these services connect. Forest cover reduces rain-driven soil erosion, helps preserve riverbeds, and can lower the risk of floods. Trees also absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, helping reduce greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change.

The video emphasizes that protecting ecosystem balance—including by preventing deforestation—is essential to sustaining these benefits.

Researchers and Sources

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