Ecosystem services | What do they mean for cities?

· November 4, 2021

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Nature provides diverse life-supporting and life-enhancing contributions to people in cities and towns. These gifts from nature make human life both possible and worth living. All cities critically depend on healthy interconnected ecosystems within and around them, so it is essential that nature is fully integrated into urban planning and development. There is a growing urgency for collective and large-scale action to protect the biodiversity in and around cities to prevent irreversible loss and damage to the natural systems we depend on.

In this course, we will explore the various benefits we receive from nature, how to categorise them, and the role of cities in protecting and restoring biodiversity. 

This course examines how cities can benefit in various ways from a focus on ecosystem services and how cities can incorporate a focus on ecosystem services into city planning and management.

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Course Includes

  • 3 Lessons
  • 7 Topics
  • 4 Quizzes