The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment describes the following major categories of ecosystem services— provisioning, supporting, regulating, preserving and cultural.Which one of the following is a supporting service?
✓ Correct answer: c) Nutrient cycling and crop pollination
ExplanationMillennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was initi- ated in 2001 by the United Nations.The objective of the MA was to evaluate how changing ecosystems might affect human well-being as well as the scientific foundation for any necessary action to improve the systems’ conservation and sustainable us- age, as well as their contribution to human well-being. Ecosystem services to the society are in the form of: UPSC GS Paper-I PYQs 4741. Provisioning services: food, raw materials, genetic resources, water, etc2. Regulating services: carbon sequestration and climate regulation3. Cultural services: tourism and religion4. Supporting services: that are necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling,crop pollination and soil formation, etc. 18
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