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Trends in nature's contribution to human societies

12.07.20 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Animal pollination is critical to more than 75% of global food crop types
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Researchers report a review of 50-year global trends of nature's contributions to human societies, called ecosystem services, that shows increases in agricultural and material commodity production alongside declines in regulating contributions, such as seed dispersal and pest regulation; while adaptations and substitutes to offset these declines are possible, the authors write, they come at a cost.

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Article #20-10473: "Global trends in nature's contributions to people," by Kate A. Brauman, et al.

MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Brauman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; tel: 650-380-0387; e-mail: < kbrauman@umn.edu >

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Food production occurs in a diversity of landscapes, including the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces in China.
Food production occurs in a diversity of landscapes, including the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces in China. Credit: Image credit: Kate A. Brauman.

Keywords

Ecosystem Services Human Adaptation Materials Testing

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Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Kate Brauman
kbrauman@umn.edu

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