ENVIRONMENTAL S ERVICE S

Regulating Services: T e benefi ts obtained from an ecosystem’s control of natural processes

Regulation of climate Boreal forest, British Columbia, Canada Forests capture and store carbon diox- ide. Aerial view of two streams fl owing through the white spruce and poplar of the boreal forest.

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