Ecosystem services

About

Ecosystem services are the contributions of ecosystems to the benefits that are used in economic and other human activity.

Image of an irrigation system in an expansive field of white poppies near Launceston, Tasmania. Credit: Kshithij Chandrashekar on Unsplash

Irrigated agricultural water supply services

Shows how ecosystems provide clean water for various agricultural users through water flow regulation and water purification.

Methodology
Data
An image of silver trevally, Pseudocaranx georgianus, Neptune Islands, South Australia. Credit: Alessandro De Maddalena , Stock photo ID:1452639416 (istockphoto.com)

Fisheries biomass provisioning services

Shows how marine ecosystems provide physical and monetary values in terms of providing fish biomass for use in commercial fisheries.

Methodology
Data

Links

National Ecosystem Accounting Project
Past natural capital account work