What Are Ecosystem Services?

Our world produces natural resources we often take for granted—clean water, the air we breathe, timber, habitat for fisheries, flood control, and pollination of agricultural plants, to name a few. These resources, which produce goods and services for us to survive, provide the foundation for all life on earth. These environmental functions are also referred to as ecosystem services. Learn how your property can benefit from them.

Ecosystems services publications

  • Defining Ecosystem Services

    University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet #631

  • Ecosystem Services on Forest and Agricultural Lands of Maryland

    University of Maryland & Biophilia Foundation

  • Ecosystem Services on Forest and Agricultural Lands of Maryland: Results of a Survey of Maryland Tree Farmers and Agricultural Landowners (summary of report)

    University of Maryland & Biophilia Foundation

  • "Ecosystem Services on Forest and Agricultural Lands of Maryland"

    Webinar presented Dr. Robert Tjaden, March 11, 2015

  • "Natural Wealth"

    Interview with Dr. Robert Tjaden, in "International Innovations Journal," North American edition, August 2013.