Published 2012-01-16
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Regulating ecosystem services: trends and impact on human welfare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.936
Emma Sofía Corredor Camargo Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Jorge Armando Fonseca Carreño Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Edwin Manuel Páez Barón Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Ecosystem services are configured from potential benefits associated with the functions of the ecosystem services which are specified in real time, are defendants, used or enjoyed, and per saying when society assignes instrumental values. For this review, we assume the classification of ecosystem services proposed in the document The evaluation of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), which are classified as provisioning services, cultural and regulation. Regulating services are great importance to human welfare, are obtained ecosystems directly, without going through processes processing, such as clean air, maintenance of biogeochemical cycles and disease prevention, among others. then presents a literature review on the trend of regulating ecosystem services, their relationship with the quality of water, air, and biological control biodiversity that, in order to give the reader a precise idea about the relevance of these services and the real benefits that society receives from them, but also, an idea of how they are being altered and that negative impacts on the welfare of the society.

keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Regulation
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Corredor Camargo, E. S., Fonseca Carreño, J. A., & Páez Barón, E. M. (2012). Regulating ecosystem services: trends and impact on human welfare. Revista De Investigación Agraria Y Ambiental, 3(1), 77-83. https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.936
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