How does availability of sources for life affected the existence of man
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Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs. Indirectly, changes in ecosystem services affect livelihoods, income, local migration and, on occasion, may even cause political conflict.
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. How have ecosystem changes affected human well-being and poverty alleviation?
3.1 How is human well-being linked to ecosystem services?
3.2 How is the economy linked to ecosystem services?
3.3 What is the current situation of poverty in the world?
3.4 How is poverty linked to ecosystem services?
3.1 How is human well-being linked to ecosystem services?
The source document for this Digest states:
Relationships between Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being
Changes in ecosystem services influence all components of human well-being, including the basic material needs for a good life, health, good social relations, security, and freedom of choice and action (CF3). (See Box 3.1.) Humans are fully dependent on Earth’s ecosystems and the services that they provide, such as food, clean water, disease regulation, climate regulation, spiritual fulfillment, and aesthetic enjoyment. The relationship between ecosystem services and human well-being is mediated by access to manufactured, human, and social capital. Human well-being depends on ecosystem services but also on the supply and quality of social capital, technology, and institutions. These factors mediate the relationship between ecosystem services and human well-being in ways that remain contested and incompletely understood. The relationship between human well-being and ecosystem services is not linear. When an ecosystem service is abundant relative to the demand, a marginal increase in ecosystem services generally contributes only slightly to human well-being (or may even diminish it). But when the service is relatively scarce, a small decrease can substantially reduce human well-being (S.SDM, SG3.4).
(further information on Linkages between Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being as well as more specific components of human well-being can be seen in Box 3.1)