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-====== Regulation Services ======
-==== Defintion ====
-The benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes, including, for example, the regulation of climate, water, and some human diseases.
-//Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005//
-According to **Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)** the main aspects of regulation ecosystem services are:
-   * Local Climate Air Quality
-  * Carbon sequestration and storage
-  * Ecosystems regulate the global climate by storing greenhouse gases. For example, as trees and plants grow, they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and effectively lock it away in their tissues.
-  * Moderation of extreme events
-  * Ecosystems and living organisms create buffers against natural disasters. They reduce damage from floods, storms, tsunamis, avalanches, landslides and droughts.
-  * Waste-water treatment
-  * Ecosystems such as wetlands filter effluents, decompose waste through the biological activity of microorganisms, and eliminate harmful pathogens.
-  * Erosion prevention and maintenance of soil fertility
-  * Vegetation cover prevents soil erosion and ensures soil fertility through natural biological processes such as nitrogen fixation. Soil erosion is a key factor in the process of land degradation, loss of soil fertility and desertification, and contributes to decreased productivity of downstream fisheries
-  * Pollination
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-  * Insects and wind pollinate plants and trees which is essential for the development of fruits, vegetables and seeds. Animal pollination is an ecosystem service mainly provided by insects but also by some birds and bats. In agro-ecosystems, pollinators are essential for orchard, horticultural and forage production, as well as the production of seed for many root and fibre crops. Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world’s crop production, increasing outputs of around 75% of the leading food crops worldwide.
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-  * Biological control
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-  * The activities of predators and parasites in ecosystems that act to control populations of potential pest and disease vector.
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-  * Regulation of Water Flow
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-  * Water flow regulation is a key service provided by land cover and configuration, but its dynamics are poorly understood by most policy makers and land management organisations.
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