Vocabulary
MEDIN ecosystem service types
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M11/current/ |
|---|---|
| Description | Terms used to classify the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems sustain and fulfil human life. |
| Creator | MEDIN Standards Group |
| Modified | 2025-01-07 |
| Version Info | 3 |
| Identifier | M11 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | MEDIN Standards Group |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Benefits | A measurable improvement to human well-being, derived from one or more ecosystem service(s). (Boyd & Banzhaf 2007). | 2013-11-14 |
| 8 | Cultural services | Ecosystem services that provide non-material benefits for people such as recreational, aesthetic, intellectual and spiritual benefits. (MEA, 2003) | 2013-11-14 |
| 5 | Ecological processes and functions | The physical, chemical, and biological processes or attributes that contribute to the self-maintenance of an ecosystem. (MEA, 2003) | 2013-11-14 |
| 1 | Ecosystem services | The conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life. (Daily, G.C. (Ed) 1997). | 2013-11-14 |
| 3 | Final services | Components of nature, directly enjoyed, consumed, or used to yield human well-being. (Boyd & Banzhaf 2007). | 2013-11-14 |
| 2 | Intermediate services | Intermediate ecological components that contribute to final services, but are not directly consumed, enjoyed or used. (Boyd & Banzhaf 2007). | 2013-11-14 |
| 7 | Provisioning services | Ecosystem services that result in the supply of products from ecosystems, such as food, water, timber, pharmaceuticals and fibres. (MEA, 2003) | 2025-01-06 |
| 6 | Regulating services | Ecosystem services that regulate natural processes occurring within ecosystems. E.g. those that affect climate, floods, disease, wastes, and water quality. (MEA, 2003) | 2025-01-06 |
| 9 | Support services | Ecosystem services that are necessary for the production or maintenance of other ecosystem services. Examples include; soil formation, primary production (e.g. photosynthesis), and nutrient cycling. (MEA, 2003) | 2025-01-06 |
