Jornal de Ciências da Terra e Mudanças Climáticas

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Links between Biodiversity, Ecosystems Functions and Services: Systematic Review

Abdulbasit Hussein

The benefits that individuals receive from ecosystems are referred to as ecosystem services (ES). Biodiversity is important in this context since it supports the majority of ecological functions. This review aims to add to the body of knowledge about ecosystem function and services, as well as their relationship to biodiversity. Natural capital stocks and ecosystem services are critical to the functioning of the earth's life-support system, and they are priceless to humanity since they contribute to human well-being and welfare (Constanza et al.,). However, because to deforestation and forest degradation, humans has been decreasing these services over the last few decades. The loss of species caused by deforestation and forest degradation reduces the value of ecosystem services and lowers our quality of life (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). Biodiversity can help ecosystem processes and services in a variety of ways. Biodiversity can function as a regulator of important ecological processes, a final ecosystem service, or a good in and of itself. Ecosystems' control, habitat, production, and information functions are all supported by these responsibilities (De Groot et al.,). These functions, in turn, are essential for ecosystems to function properly and deliver services to humans (Alcamo et al., Haines-Young & Potschin). Biodiversity is woven into ecosystems in a variety of ways. Functional diversity, on the other hand, appears to be the most important component in sustaining ecological integrity and, as a result, providing ecosystem services (Chapin et al., Hooper et al., Daz et al.,)