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Nature's Gifts: How Much are they Worth? | ||
Natural ecosystems deliver goods and services that are worth many trillions of dollars a year in economic terms, and the prosperity, in fact, the life of all societies depends on safe-guarding them. These services are the life-support systems that make it possible to live on Earth. Our natural ecosystems purify air and water, detoxify and recycle wastes, generate and maintain soil fertility, pollinate crops and other plants, regulate climate and help mitigate weather extremes like flood or drought. Without them, it would be like living on the moon--hard to imagine for a species like us who showed up after most of these services had been in operation for millions to billions of years.
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