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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=577 height=433 style='width:6.0119in;height:4.5119in' src="https://ymlpmail2.net/imgz/09yp_EcoserveGraphicJPGsm.jpg" align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]>Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from native plant communities and the ecosystems these communities sustain. They include<o:p></o:p></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>stable supplies of food, fiber and clean water<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>flood, erosion, pest and disease control<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>buffering of local weather and global climate<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>soil productivity and fertility<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>habitat for pollinators, birds and other wildlife<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>heath, spiritual and recreational benefits.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal>These and other ecosystem services maintain the conditions for human and all other life on Earth. The annual global economic value of ecosystem services has been estimated to be <a href="https://community-wealth.org/sites/clone.community-wealth.org/files/downloads/article-costanza-et-al.pdf">at least $145 trillion</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ecosystem services are useful in promoting native plant restoration and conservation. Many elected officials, media representatives and others may not understand or value native plant communities, but may value the economic and other benefits that ecosystem services supply to communities.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The importance of ecosystem services is becoming increasingly well accepted and understood. On March 1, the United Nations declared a <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/new-un-decade-ecosystem-restoration-offers-unparalleled-opportunity">Decade of Ecosystem Restoration</a>. They set a goal of restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded land between now and 2030 to generate $9 trillion in ecosystem services and take an additional 13-26 gigatons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Locally adapted native plants are the most stable and productive suppliers of ecosystem services. Local natives coevolved with local soils, geology, microclimate, water regime, pollinators and other wildlife. Their collective species and genetic diversity, accumulated over millenia of evolution, make them uniquely well equipped to suvive and function in the face of climate change, invasive species, and other threats.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>These new <a href="http://nativeplantsocietyofus.org/ecosystem-services-resources/">webpages</a> offer information on various categories of ecosystem services and the mechanisms by which native plant communities deliver them. We provide links to government and intergovernmental assessments and conservation plans for these services, key scientific articles, as well as graphics and other educational and outreach materials.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have broken ecosystem services into nine groups, each with its own page and links.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nativeplantsocietyofus.org/ecosystem-services-resources/water-storage-purification/">WATER STORAGE AND PURIFICATION</a><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://nativeplantsocietyofus.org/ecosystem-services-resources/water-storage-purification/" style='position:absolute;margin-left:211.3pt;margin-top:0;width:262.5pt;height:126.75pt;z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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