Services

Ecosystems staying balanced enough to keep functioning over time.

Keeping a wide range of species present rather than a few dominant ones.

Forests regrowing and renewing themselves naturally.

Locking carbon into living systems instead of the atmosphere.

The supply of food that people and animals eat.

Reliable access to clean fresh water.

The ocean's capacity to grow the plankton and prey that feed marine life.

The physical shape of a habitat — clearings, paths and mix of trees and grass — that other species rely on.