Ecosystem Services Provided by Nature:

Production of oxygen
Maintenance of biological and genetic diversity
Purification of air and water
Storage, cycling and global distribution of freshwater
Regulation of the chemical composition
of the atmosphere
Maintenance of migration and nursery habitats
for wildlife
Decomposition of organic wastes
Sequestration and detoxification of human
and industrial waste
Natural pest and disease control by insects,
birds, bats and other organisms