They clean our air, protect our water, provide homes to wildlife, and store carbon. These benefits that forests provide are known as ecosystem services.
There is building momentum to support landowners who take good care of their forests. This support, or incentives, for good land stewardship are part of ecosystem service markets.
They are the benefits we get from nature and can be divided into four different categories shown in this slide deck.
Even a few acres of woodland can provide meaningful value and benefit. While it’s difficult to put monetary value on these benefits, ecosystem services provide direct and indirect contributions that not only enhance our lives, but can reduce costs and increase ecological and economic value.
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