LIFESCI 2X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Indoor Air Quality
13 Jul 2018
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Resilience to ecological shocks or stresses such as droughts, floods, and pests. Food, materials for a good house, good income to purchase food and house. Buying food and having good shelter will be difficult for people with a lower gdp. Aspect of our security will be compromised if we do not have good social relations. Good health, good social relations and good environment means we get freedom with our choices and speech: provisioning services. Making a living and use it to create a good life. If this is not satisfied it can impact our health greatly. 75% of the world"s population depends on traditional medicine: regulation of the environment. Stores a lot of carbon on the earth"s surface, accumulation a lot of c02. 1/5 of the net increase in atmospheric c02. Moderate the runoff from precipitation: supporting services: soil. Systems that help the ecosystem accomplish what it gives us. Without soils we don"t have a full nitrogen cycle.
