Q. The ecosystem services include

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Solution:

Ecosystem services are referred to as the products of ecosystem processes. Various types of aesthetic goods and economic & environmental services are provided by healthy ecosystems.
For example,
  • benefits of a healthy forest ecosystem include cycling of nutrients,
  • mitigation of floods and droughts,
  • purification of air and water,
  • pollination of crops, generation of fertile soils,
  • maintenance of biodiversity,
  • availability of habitat for wildlife and storage sites for carbon.
Healthy ecosystems also provide better aesthetic, spiritual and cultural values.
From an economic point of view, biodiversity should carry a hefty and big price tag to the services it provides.