Ecosystem Services & Biodiversity (ESB) | Food and …

Ecosystems – living elements which interact with each other and their non-living environments – provide benefits, or services, to the world.. Ecosystem services make human life possible by, for example, providing nutritious food and clean water, regulating disease and climate, supporting the pollination of crops and soil formation, and providing recreational, cultural and spiritual benefits.

http://www.fao.org/ecosystem-services-biodiversity/en/