Question

Which of the below is NOT an example of an ecosystem service?

a. Pollination of crops by native bees
b. Revenue generated by clear-cutting of tropical dry forest
c. The presence of an intact forest maintaining constant water flow in streams throughout the dry season in a tropical region
d. Rainforest trees removing carbon from the atmosphere

Answer 1

B. Since ecosystem services are basically the benefits humans get from properly functioning ecosystems. Clear cutting trees removes all of them and that does not benefit us.